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WhaL ls CopyrlghL?
CopyrlghL ls a form of legal proLecuon
auLomaucally provlded Lo Lhe auLhor's of
orlglnal works" lncludlng llLerary (books),
dramauc (plays), muslcal, and arusuc works
(palnungs, drawlngs, and sculpLures).
CopyrlghL
u.S. CopyrlghL law generally glves Lhe auLhor/
creaLor or owner of an orlglnal creauve work an
excluslve rlghL Lo: reproduce (copy) or dlsLrlbuLe
Lhe orlglnal work Lo Lhe publlc (example: creaLe
and sell coples of a lm)
CreaLe new works based upon Lhe orlglnal work
(example: make a movle based on a book)
erform or dlsplay Lhe work publlcly (example:
perform a play)
vlolauon of CopyrlghL
vlolauon of one of Lhese rlghLs ls called
copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL. Powever, Lhe use may
be auLhorlzed by copyrlghL llmlLauons such as
falr use LhaL wlll be descrlbed laLer ln Lhls
presenLauon.
Why Lypes of works are proLecLed by
CopyrlghL?
LlLerary Works (books)
Muslc and Lyrlcs
uramauc Works and Muslc (plays)
Choreographlc works (dance moves)
hoLographs, graphlcs, palnungs and
sculpLural works.
Mouon plcLures (Movles you see aL a LheaLre)
vldeo games and compuLer soware

WhaL ls noL proLecLed by copyrlghL?
ldeas and facLs
A song you made up ln your head and sang ln
Lhe shower.
ubllc uLles, names, shorL phrases, and
slogans.
Symbols, deslgns, numbers.
lf l have an ldea ln my head, ls lL
copyrlghLed?
no, ldeas are noL copyrlghLable. Cnly forms of
expresslon llke a book, play, drawlng, lm,
phoLo, eLc are copyrlghLable. Cnce you
express your ldea as a palnung, recorded
song, or even scrlbbled on a napkln- lL ls
auLomaucally copyrlghLed lf lL ls an orlglnal
work.
Who owns Lhe copyrlghL?
AuLhor/CreaLor
1he AuLhor/CreaLor's llvlng famlly lf Lhe creaLor ls
dead.
CreaLors of [olnL work auLomaucally share
copyrlghL ownershlp unless Lhere ls a conLrary
agreemenL. (e.g. lf Lwo sLudenLs wrlLe an orlglnal
work LogeLher, Lhey share Lhe copyrlghL.)
Anyone LhaL Lhey auLhor/creaLor has glven or
asslgned hls or her rlghLs Lo. (Lxample, someone
glves Lhelr ldea Lo an employer.)
Who owns Lhe copyrlghL ln recorded
muslc?
lL depends. lf a person wrlLes a song and
records lL, LhaL person ls Lhe creaLor and owns
Lhe copyrlghL. rofesslonally produced muslc
can have many copyrlghL owners as a resulL of
conLracLs and legal deals LhaL spllL up Lhe
copyrlghLs ln a work. lor example, Lhe
copyrlghL Lo a parucular sound recordlng may
be owned by Lhe songwrlLer, Lhe producer, a
record label, and a publlsher.
When l buy muslc, elLher onllne or
oMlne, do l geL copyrlghL ln Lhe work?
no, when you buy muslc, you own LhaL copy
of Lhe muslc. lf you boughL a Cu, ?ou are
allowed Lo sell LhaL parucular copy or make
falr uses of lL, buL you don'L own a copyrlghL ln
Lhe work. lf you boughL a song on l1unes or
oLher servlce, your ownershlp of lL may be
sub[ecL Lo resLrlcuons.
When does copyrlghL sLarL? uo l have Lo
reglsLer Lhe work wlLh Lhe governmenL?
CopyrlghL sLaLus ls auLomauc upon creauon of
your orlglnal creauve work. 8eglsLrauon wlLh
Lhe u.S. CopyrlghL Cmce ls noL necessary for
copyrlghL sLaLus and proLecuon. 8eglsLrauon
ls needed ln order Lo pursue an lnfrlngemenL
clalm ln courL.
Pow do l formally reglsLer my orlglnal,
creauve work?
?ou can ll ouL Lhe form and submlL a llng
fee aL Lhe u.S. CopyrlghL Cmce webslLe.
Pow long does copyrlghL lasL?
lor orlglnal works creaLed aer 1977,
copyrlghL lasL for Lhe llfe of Lhe auLhor/
creaLor.
70 years from Lhe auLhor's deaLh.
lor works made for corporauons aer 1977
can lasL from 93-120 years from publlcauon.
Are Lhere any copyrlghL llmlLauons?
1here are several llmlLs on copyrlghLs. lor
example:
lalr use allows Lhe publlc Lo use poruons of
copyrlghLed work wlLhouL permlsslon from Lhe
copyrlghL owner.
llrsL Sale allows a consumer Lo resell a producL
conLalnlng copyrlghLed maLerlal such as a book or Cu
LhaL was boughL or glven Lo Lhem wlLhouL Lhe
copyrlghL owners permlsslon.
ubllc domaln works can be used freely by anyone for
dlerenL purposes wlLhouL permlsslon from Lhe
auLhor.
WhaL ls llcenslng?
Llcenslng ls when a copyrlghL owner glves
permlsslon for someone else Lo do someLhlng
normally resLrlcLed by copyrlghL law. lor
example, Lhe creaLor of a song may sell a llcense
Lo an adveruslng agency, allowlng Lhe ad Lo use
parL of her song ln a Lelevlslon commerclal.
Llcenses are noL always sold. Someumes a
creaLor may wanL Lo glve everybody Lhe
permlsslon Lo make coples of hls or her work. lor
example, some muslclans wanL fans Lo make
coples and share Lhelr songs.
WhaL abouL plaglarlsm?
laglarlsm and copyrlghL each address Lhe
leglumacy of copylng, buL plaglarlsm and
copyrlghL are dlerenL ln lmporLanL ways.
laglarlsm proLecLs ldeas. CopyrlghL doesn'L.
laglarlsm ls Lhe acL of mlsrepresenung Lhe
ownershlp of an ldea. ln school, lL means passlng
o someone else's ldeas as your own ln a
research paper. laglarlsm ls wrong, dlshonesL
and can lead Lo serlous negauve consequences ln
any school. Cne way Lo avold plaglarlsm ls Lo
properly clLe your sources.
1rue or lalse
8eal
Llfe
Scenarlos
CopyrlghL sLaLus ls only granLed Lo well
know auLhors and lmmakers.
lalse-CopyrlghL ls
granLed Lo anyone who
records an orlglnal
creauve work.
1he sole purpose of copyrlghL ls Lo make
auLhors money and proLecL Lhem from gemng
Lhelr works sLolen.
lalse-CopyrlghL was
esLabllshed Lo encourage
Lhe growLh of sclence,
educauon and Lhe arLs.

Sam buys a new band's Cu buL decldes he
doesn'L llke Lhe slnger, so he resells Lhe Cu on
e8ay. 1haL's legal.
1rue- 8eselllng a Cu LhaL
you boughL ls legal
accordlng Lo Lhe llrsL
Sale docLrlne.
Amy Lells uanlels abouL her summer vacauon, and he says he's
love Lo see her plcLures. Amy uses a peer Lo peer (2) le
sharlng program Lo upload Lhe phoLographs she Look aL camp so
he can download Lhem. 1haL ls copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
lalse- Sharlng your own
orlglnal work uslng peer Lo
peer le sharlng
Lechnology ls legal.
Amy Lells uanlel LhaL Lhe les are avallable. uanlel uses Lhe same
peer Lo peer le sharlng program Lo download Amy's camp
plcLures. 1haL ls copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
lalse-Amy Look Lhe plcLures,
so she's Lhe copyrlghL holder,
and she's glven uanlel
permlsslon Lo download.
!ason coples Lhe enure lasL chapLer from Lhe nal Parry ouer
book Lo hls blog. Slnce he only used parL of Lhe work, !ason
would be proLecLed by falr use.
lalse- Clven Lhe amounL of
slgnlcance of Lhe poruon !ason has
Laken would llkely harm Lhe markeL
for Lhe Parry ouer book, a courL
would be unllkely Lo vlew hls use as a
falr use.
kaLhy downloaded a few phoLos of local organlc farms from
lllckr.com's Creauve Commons pool. She follows Lhe rules of Lhe
phoLographer's speclc llcense and uses Lhem ln her dlglLal
vldeo abouL susLalnable agrlculLure. 1haL's ok.
1rue- kaLhy can legally use
Lhe phoLos as long as she
follows Lhe rules of Lhe
llcense.
uwlghL nd a peer Lo peer neLwork LhaL oers free muslc downloads. Pe
owns all buL one of hls favorlLe band's Cu's. and he nds LhaL parucular Cu on
Lhe neLwork. Pe's Loo cheap Lo buy lL, so he downloads Lhe songs. Pe's noL
commlmng copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
lalse- unless uwlghL has permlsslon
from Lhe copyrlghL holders (band/
publlsher/songwrlLer eLc.) lL would
be copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
aula read an lnLeresung arucle abouL Lhe maklng of Lhe lm
1lLanlc and wanLs Lo use a shorL quoLe ln her clnema revlew
paper for [ournallsm class. 1haL's copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
lalse- Slnce she ls uslng a shorL
quoLauon for Lhe purpose of
scholasuc commenLary, lL
would be falr use.
1he ubllc uomaln ls a polar research
sLauon ln AnLarcuca.
lalse- ubllc uomaln refers Lo works LhaL are
noL sub[ecL Lo copyrlghL resLrlcuons, so Lhey
are free Lo use. ubllc domaln maLerlal can
lnclude works LhaL are noL copyrlghLable, and
deslgnaLed for free and unllmlLed publlc
access by Lhe creaLor, or are no longer
proLecLed by copyrlghL law because Lhe
copyrlghL sLaLus has explred or been forfelLed
by Lhe owner.
Adam recorded a vldeo for hls ?ou1ube channel abouL Lhe
upcomlng elecuons and lncludes an omclal phoLo Laken by a
governmenL employee and four bllls auLhored by Lhe lncumbenL
LhaL Adam found on Lhe webslLe. 1haL's copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
lalse- Works produced by Lhe u.S.
governmenL or any governmenL
agency are ln Lhe publlc domaln. 1he
LexLs of legal cases produced by Lhe
federal governmenL are also ln Lhe
publlc domaln.
!usun downloaded Lhe black and whlLe horror classlc nlghL of
Lhe Llvlng uead from Lhe lnLerneL Archlve and declded Lo mlx an
audlo sample from Lhe lm lnLo one of hls orlglnal songs. 1haL's
copyrlghL lnfrlngemenL.
lalse- 1he copyrlghL for nlghL of
Lhe Llvlng uead ls parL of Lhe
wonderful wealLh of Lhe publlc
domaln. !usun ls free Lo be as
creauve as he wanLs wlLh publlc
domaln maLerlal.
Slnce 8lchard forgoL Lo reglsLer hls screenplay
before he senL lL ouL Lo agenLs for revlew, he ls
no longer ellglble Lo copyrlghL lL.
lalse- CopyrlghL proLecuon
ls auLomauc once your
orlglnal work ls ln a xed,
Langlble form.
Works ClLed
CopyrlghL Clearance CenLer. 2011 lebruary 11.
CopyrlghL on Campus. 8eLrleved !une 26, 2013,
from hup://youLu.be/2uWaCk3Wbvs

A ro[ecL of Lhe LlecLronlc lronuer loundauon.
1eachlng CopyrlghL: CopyrlghL lrequency Asked
Cuesuons. 8eLrleved !une 26, 2013 from hup://
www.LeachlngcopyrlghL.org/handouL/copyrlghL-
faq


Works ClLed Conunued
A ro[ecL of Lhe LlecLronlc lronuer loundauon.
1eachlng CopyrlghL: CopyrlghL Culz. 8eLrleved !une
26, 2013 from hup://www.LeachlngcopyrlghL.org/
handouL/copy-qulz

A ro[ecL of Lhe LlecLronlc lronuer loundauon.
1eachlng CopyrlghL: lalr use lrequenLly Asked
Cuesuons. 8eLrleved !une 26, 2013 from hup://
www.LeachlngcopyrlghL.org/handouL/falr-use-faq



Works ClLed Conunued
A ro[ecL of Lhe LlecLronlc lronuer
loundauon. 1eachlng CopyrlghL: ubllc
uomaln lrequenLly Asked Cuesuons.
8eLrleved !une 26, 2013 from hup://
www.LeachlngcopyrlghL.org/handouL/publlc-
domaln-faq