Digital Information: Digital copyright and licenses

Question 1

Copyrighted

Answer 1

there are intellectual property rights to the creator (legal) in which they can decide if their product can be copied and under what conditions

Question 2

Berne Convention

Answer 2

an international agreement on copyright across borders

Question 3

Authors need to post copyright notices
True or False

Answer 3

false; they don’t need to but they can to enforce it in court (if needed)

Question 4

Do copyrights last into authors death

Answer 4

The Berne Convention states a minimum duration of 50 years after the author’s death, but the United States extended that to 70 years in most cases

Question 5

After copyrights expire what happens to the work

Answer 5

It goes to the public domain

Question 6

what does it mean if something is in the public domain

Answer 6

it can be used and adapted by anyone without restriction

Question 7

Fair Use

Answer 7

allows limited use of copyrighted materials for purposes like criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, or research

Question 8

what can happen due to copyright violations

Answer 8

ppl/companies can get sued

Question 9

digital rights management (DRM)

Answer 9

tools that restrict where and how a user can use copyrighted media

Question 10

example of drm

Answer 10

Spotify has this thing where itscrambles audio if u play a song on a non Spotify app

Question 11

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Answer 11

criminalizes the production and distribution of technology that tries to circumvent DRM

Question 12

how is the dcma used irl

Answer 12

ppl sending takedown requests (for like a work that they did that someone else used without citing them) if they don’t comply they can face legal action

Question 13

complaints associated with dcma

Answer 13

• there’s sm complaints –> not all of the valid
• sometimes the work that gets a taken down is legit

Question 14

complaints with both DRM and dcma

Answer 14

they can eliminate user friendly options like helping blind ppl read (braille) on e-books

Question 15

if you make smth someone can EDIT (NOT distributed) it
true or false

Answer 15

false

Question 16

Copyright license

Answer 16

a license that creative owners can have that can lessen or increase the copyright restrictions on their piece (LEGAL DOCUMENT)

Question 17

examples of copyright licenses

Answer 17

creative Commons, open source

Question 18

creative Commons license

Answer 18

a license so that makes it so that the other work (not the og) follows the rules of share alike, non-commercial, and no derivatives

Question 19

share like

Answer 19

The reused work must be licensed using the same CC license as the original work

Question 20

non commercial

Answer 20

The reused work can only be used for non-commercial purposes.

Question 21

no derivatives

Answer 21

The original work can be distributed and displayed, but it cannot be modified.

Question 22

share alike symbol

Answer 22

SA –> cycling symbol thing

Question 23

non commercial symbol

Answer 23

circle with $ crossed out

Question 24

BY meaning and symbol

Answer 24

non of work must attributed to og Creator –> circle with person

Question 25

Open Source Licenses

Answer 25

enables other programmers to bring the code into their own projects, as long as their reuse meets the conditions of the license ( can be decided by the person)

Question 26

open source code

Answer 26

code from copyright protected works that can be copy pasted with some restrictions depending on the open source license

Question 27

pros of open source code

Answer 27

makes life easier --> allows for more collaboration + people can spend less time typing out blah code and more time typing out their own code

Question 28

cons of open source code

Answer 28

safety (hacker can change code and fuck up a bunch of ppls codes)

Question 29

what does it mean if a work is in the Public Domain

Answer 29

the work is no longer protected by copyright laws + restrictions

Question 30

how do works get into the public domain

Answer 30

if the copyrights expire or the creator chooses to put their work in there

Question 31

open access

Answer 31

movement to make open access to scientific data + journals so ppl can learn more

Question 32

concern with online publishing

Answer 32

- its super easy to make websites now so ydk if a website that says peer reviewed rly has peer reviewed data

Question 33

why is not all data allowed for public use (like to make sciency journals and new info)

Answer 33

bc personal privacy and laws and stuff

Question 34

do all creative Commons licenses have to have all of the rules

Answer 34

no only the rules stated in the copyright title of their copyright