CTVA 351 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
, US copyright law - most important law for industry to function
- also important for software design, other things regarding intellectual property
- aka US code title 17
- protects your work and makes sure you can't infringe on others' work
Original Copyright Law - created 1909, existed until 1978
- intended to promote ownership of original works
- based on Great Britain's copyright law
- in reality, it's about money
Things that CAN be copyrighted Idea or concept that has taken on a distinct form
- screenplay, movie, TV show, etc.
Things that CAN'T be copyrighted Idea or concept that has not been made into a concrete form of expression
New Copyright Law - 1978 to present
- created because movies started coming out for home release and computer
software was being developed
Fair Use Guidelines for library and school to copy parts of magazines and books for
research purposes
Copyright Royalty Tribunal Compulsory license for public TV
Work Made for Hire - screenwriters, staff writers, staff engineers
- work a person created for money that was created within an employee's line of
duty
- work belongs to company
- in favor of employer more than favor of employee
Steps to copyright a film - registration
- notice
- deposit
Registration - fill out paperwork
- send in $45 fee (online)
- for more complex copyrights or hard copy, fee is more expensive
Notice - something you affix to script/movie/book/etc.
- for movie: c. 2020 Warner Bros, all rights reserved
- for script: c. 2020 Warner Bros.
Deposit - submit work to library of congress
Piracy - unauthorized duplication
- a massive copying where 1 original is used as a master to produce duplications
without limit
- copier becomes creator w/o any of the original costs or effort, but profits off of
it
- rampant in Asia
, US copyright law - most important law for industry to function
- also important for software design, other things regarding intellectual property
- aka US code title 17
- protects your work and makes sure you can't infringe on others' work
Original Copyright Law - created 1909, existed until 1978
- intended to promote ownership of original works
- based on Great Britain's copyright law
- in reality, it's about money
Things that CAN be copyrighted Idea or concept that has taken on a distinct form
- screenplay, movie, TV show, etc.
Things that CAN'T be copyrighted Idea or concept that has not been made into a concrete form of expression
New Copyright Law - 1978 to present
- created because movies started coming out for home release and computer
software was being developed
Fair Use Guidelines for library and school to copy parts of magazines and books for
research purposes
Copyright Royalty Tribunal Compulsory license for public TV
Work Made for Hire - screenwriters, staff writers, staff engineers
- work a person created for money that was created within an employee's line of
duty
- work belongs to company
- in favor of employer more than favor of employee
Steps to copyright a film - registration
- notice
- deposit
Registration - fill out paperwork
- send in $45 fee (online)
- for more complex copyrights or hard copy, fee is more expensive
Notice - something you affix to script/movie/book/etc.
- for movie: c. 2020 Warner Bros, all rights reserved
- for script: c. 2020 Warner Bros.
Deposit - submit work to library of congress
Piracy - unauthorized duplication
- a massive copying where 1 original is used as a master to produce duplications
without limit
- copier becomes creator w/o any of the original costs or effort, but profits off of
it
- rampant in Asia
