1. What is copyright?

the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an

assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or
musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.
2. How long does the copyright on an original work last? 70 years after
person dies
3. What is the Fair Use Act? any copying of copyrighted material done for
a limited and transformative purpose
4. What is plagiarism? is the act of taking another person's writing,
conversation, song, or even idea and passing it off as your own
5. What types of things can be copyrighted? What cannot be
copyrighted? Facts, ideas, systems, methods. Cannot is tiles, names,
works by the federal government.
6. What is the public domain? the state of belonging or being available to
the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright.
7. The Fair Use Act allows anyone to use copyrighted materials for
educational purposes. What other uses are covered under the Fair Use
Act? the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use
is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes: the
noncommercial educational use is more likely to be a fair use; the
nature of the copyrighted work: the more factual and less creative the
work, the more likely it will be fair usethe amount and substantiality of
the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole: the
more taken the less likely to be fair use; and the effect of the use upon
the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work: in other
words, is the use taking away from the copyright owner money that the
she might have been making from the work.