Test your knowledge on copyright laws, legal issues, and ethics by filling in the crossword puzzle below. |
1. What 1976 act makes it illegal to make or distribute material (which includes computer programs) without specific authorization from the author? |
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3. Illegally copying someone else's software is considered to be ________________. http://www.nopiracy.com/intro_c.html |
4. The _______ ______ provision of the United States Copyright Act allows copyrighted worked to be used without penalty if the criteria outlined in the provision are met.. http://builder.cnet.com/Business/Law/ss15a.html |
5. The copyright on a work created in 1999 expires _____________ years after the author's death http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html |
6. For works published before 1923, the term of the copyright was _________. http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm |
7. You want to e-mail someone a copy of a magazine article. You should first get _______________________. http://www.ala.org/ICONN/issues2.html |
8. A computer user who passes along a chain letter or participates in a "make money fast" pyramid scheme is _______________________. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/kincaid/avab757/niche.html |
9. When is junk e-mailing acceptable? http://www.replynet.com/ethics.html |
10. Section 107 of the Copyright Act establishes how many basic factors to be examined in determining whether a use constitutes a "fair use"? http://www.lib.depaul.edu/info/fairuse.html#FairUseGuidelines |
11. Code of Fair Information Practices is based on five _____________. http://epic.org/privacy/consumer/code_fair_info.html |
12. What defense is unavailable in cases of copyright infringement? http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/articles/content/1997102801.html |
13. What percent of workers say they have committed at least one of a dozen actions over the past year that are either unethical or fall into a gray area, according to the survey of 726 workers? http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctc576.htm
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Group "6" Members: Terry Fassburg, Mary Baxter