Copyright questions & answers

Copyright Questions
 Find the answers to the following question. You may work with a partner.

1. What is copyright?
The exclusive legal right given to the originator for permission to print, publish, perform, or film.

2. What does copyright protect?
 Original works of authorship

3. When is my work protected?
The moment it is completed

4. Do I have to register with the copyright office to be protected?
 yes

5. Is my copyright good in other countries?
 yes, most of them

6. How do I get permission to use somebody else's copyright work?
 Ask them.

7. How much of someone else's work can I use without getting permission?
none of it

8. How much do I have to change in order to claim copyright even though I used someone else's work?
 Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right

9. Can a school show a movie without obtaining permission from the copyright owner?
 Yes as long as they don’t say its theirs

10. What is “fair use”?
The doctrine that copyright material may be quoted verbatim 11. Define plagiarism. taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as yours