Copyright law gives people complete control over their work.

Any work published in the United States will become public domain if it was published before _____________.

A teacher uses one line from a famous poem to inspire her students to create their own poems. This is fair use.

Creative Commons gives you a way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work .

A copyright owner has the right to:

Public domain works are restricted by copyright and require a license or fee to use.

Under a standard copyright, an actor can perform a one-person show for a paying audience without getting permission from the playwright.

Which of the following constitutes "fair use" of a copyrighted work because the work has been adapted in a way that changed its intent?

Only materials in the public domain are available for fair use.

When is it NOT legal to use Copyrighted materials for your own use without permission?

Although your work is copyrighted from the moment it is written down (even if just on a napkin), you cannot sue for infringement until you have filed for the copyright.

Copyright gives you the legal right to do which of the following with your own original work for a certain period of time?

There is only one type of Creative Commons license.

Fair Use is decided by courts on a case by case basis after balancing a number of factors.

If you own the copyright to a play you wrote, others can perform that play without your permission as long as they give you attribution.