Copyright

1) Who is copyright status granted to? The copyright owner

2) What animal does The Motion Picture Association of America use to detect pirated DVD's? Why do they use them?  two black Labradors named

3) Is it legal to purchase a CD or DVD and then resell it on eBay? Why or why not?
yes Reselling a CD that you bought is legal according to the First Sale Doctrine

4) What is the purpose of copyright?  Copyright was established to encourage the growth of science, education, and the arts

5) Paul decides he really likes the work of the photographer that shoots landscape photos. He uploads the photos to his personal website and shares the photographer's photos with anyone who wants them. Is Paul infringing on the photographer's copyright? Why or why not?
no sharing your own original work using peer-to-peer file-sharing technology is legal

6) When is it legal to share a music file that another person holds the copyright on?
when you permission from the copyright owner

7) What is Fair Use? The doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder

8) What is Creative Commons licensing? something that the copyright owner gives out that enables others to use their works legally 

9) When is it acceptable to use another person's copyrighted works? when the person gives you permission

10) If you rent a movie on DVD, you may share it with as many people as you like during the rental period. True or False. Why or why not? true because it was not done illegally 

11) What is Public Domain? Public Domain refers to works that are not subject to copyright restrictions

12) The US Government holds the copyright on its archives. How does an individual go about obtaining permission to use items from the archives? the copyright is public domain so anyone is free to use it without permission

13) Justin downloaded the black-and-white horror classic Night of the Living Dead from the Internet Archive and decided to mix an audio sample from the film into one of his original songs. That's copyright infringement. True or false? Why? True because he used an illegal way to get ahold of the movie through the internet.  

14) Paul takes an extremely beautiful landscape photograph. When does his copyright go into effect? How long does it last? If his copyright is infringed upon, how does he defend it? He has the copyright for 15 years then after that it goes into the government archives and they can do with what they want with it.