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1. Copyrights, patents and trademarks exist to

Make sure large corporations can recover the costs of producing items
Tie up the court system
Give tangibility to intangible ideas by making the ideas (and associated profits) property
Help creators make money

2. What is the public domain?

Works not protected by copyright law
A clearinghouse of copyright-free works
A series of Dover Book publications
Works which have significant inherent value to the American people.

3. Generally speaking, how old must a work be to be part of the public domain?

five days
three years
twenty-five years
seventy-five years

4. Generally speaking, may students scan images from magazines for use in assignments?

Yes
No
No, unless the magaizine is over three years old.
Yes, but only if the works have been published elsewhere initially.

5. Can students in NLC's web design classes argue "educational fair use" in order to use copyrighted work as part of a class assignment?

Yes No

6. If you own a snapshot of a dog a friend took, do you also own the rights to the snapshot?

Yes, since he GAVE me the snapshot.
No, the copyrights belong to him since it's his dog.
No, because I didn't take the picture.
Yes, since I also own the negative

7. Are works on the Internet covered by copyright law?

Yes No No, unless the works are over three years old. Yes, but only if the works have been published elsewhere initially.

8. What does the US government think about scanning money or official documents like birth certificates or social security cards?

No -- if caught you can go to jail for this.
Yes -- the government doesn't mind as long as you make the document 150% larger and change its color
No -- this isn't illegal per se, but it's frowned upon.
Yes -- how do you think the government makes money?

9. Would the Copyright Guidelines permit you to scan a banana?

No. This could damage the scanner.
As long as the banana sticker's logo isn't showing. (Thanks TK!!!)
Only if the banana is ripe and in season
No, because you didn't bring enough bananas for everyone in the class.

10. Would the NLC Copyright Guidelines permit you to scan a photograph of your dog that you took on summer vacation?

No. All work for this class must be from this semester, not the summer.
No, because I can't find the negative.
Yes, because I took the picture.
No, because this could violate a Cruelty to Animals law.