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?
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html#wci

http://builder.cnet.com/Business/Law/ss15a.html

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

 

 

 

Group "6" Members: Terry Fassburg, Mary Baxter

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