CSP Copyright study!!!!!!!!!!

Copyright law

The law that makes it illegal for anyone to make copies of a work of art without the permission of the author

Examples of fair use

-quoting a short excerpt

-using an article for teaching purposes

-producing a parody

When can newspaper articles be copied for use in teaching a class?

If the event reported in the article was not anticipated when you planned your class and you don't keep using the same article year after year

Are titles copyrighted?

No

Creative Commons

A license used by authors who want be generally available and usable in ways they may have not thought of themselves

What did Congress say regarding copyright?

Copyright is present only for a limited time

Marginal cost

The cost of making one more copy of something, once you already have everything you need to do the copying

What is the meaning behind "Information Wants to Be Free"?

Since everyone can copy everything so easily, the idea of artificially restricting such copying is doomed to failure; copyright is obsolete.

What does it mean when something is encrypted?

Purchasers (or their friends) can't play the media unless the software that comes with them is used to decrypt them, and the software will refuse to do so unless certain conditions are met.

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Software which restricts the actions a user can perform with a file, such as copying or printing.

Why is DRM important to a publisher?

They get copyright protection during the time when a work is most popular, and they get DRM protection forever. The publisher's control over the material never ends.

What does the DMCA do?

- does not hold companies accountable for copyright infringement by their users

- ALL online work is copyrighted once it is published

-makes it a crime to figure out how to defeat DRM systems

What does the Librarian of Congress do for the DMCA?

Makes exemptions to the anti-circumvention (pirating) for a 3 year period

What is a negative of region coding?

Violates free-trade treaties that disallow most restrictions on exporting goods from one country to another

What are ethical issues of anonymous web browsing?

-Allows users to participate in crime online

-Makes cyberbullying easier

Negative aspects of peer-to-peer network

-unfair: prevents film and music industries from receiving money for their work

-unsafe: can accidentally share personal information

What does the DMCA state?

-it is illegal to circumvent anti-piracy procedures that are part of a commercially sold software

-it is a crime to make or sell devices that crack codes in order to illegally copy software

How has modern life been impacted by the Internet?

-health: patients can monitor their health and get medical advice without going to the doctor

-entertainment: it's difficult for creators of movies, TV shows, etc. to publish their works while protecting the ownership of intellectual property

True or false: it has become easier for researchers to plagiarize information on the Internet

True

True or false: the use of geolocation infringes on copyright laws

False

True or false: producers not receiving compensation for a film is a legal issue that can result from movie piracy

False

True or false: infringement of copyright laws is a legal issue that can result from movie piracy

True

True or false: in a peer-to-peer network, all files are shared on one server where people can access everything from

False

What is a good quality of the DMCA?

It updated copyright laws to include problems of this age

What is a bad quality of the DMCA?

It infringes on free speech, making it difficult for Internet users to discuss security on a public forum