Question | Answer |
What is copyright? | The legal right of ownership to work produced in books, music, plays, graphics/pictures, and computer software. |
What does copyright protect? | Touchable, or tangible, expressions of ideas. |
What is infringement? | The act of violating a copyright by copying or otherwise distributing copyrighted work without permission. |
What happens when you infringe on someone else's copyright? | You can be sued. |
What does fair use allow? | Allows copyrighted work to be reused in other work. |
What are some examples of fair uses? | If copyrighted material is used for education, commentary or criticism, news reporting, parody, or using a small portion of it, it is fair use. |
What is derivative work? | An example would be a screenplay for a movie based on the book. |
What is software? | Programs that tell a computer what to do. |
What are some examples of software? | Microsoft Office, MicroType, MicroPace Pro, and LibreOffice 3 |
What is copyrighted software? | Software that is legally protected against copying or being used without paying for it. |
What are some examples of copyrighted software? | Some examples are Microsoft Office, MicroType, MicroPace Pro, and LibreOffice 3. |
What is public domain software? | Non-copyrighted software that anyone may copy or use without charge. |
What is shareware? | Copyrighted software that may be tried without expense but requires payment if you decide to use it. |
What is freeware? | Software on the web that is freely available (but retains a copyright). |
What are some examples of freeware? | Mozilla Firefox, Adobe Flash Player, and Skype. |
What is piracy? | The act of stealing valuable property by copying software, music, graphics/pictures, movies and books (all available on the Internet.) |
What is hacking? | Breaking into computers to read private e-emails and other files. (The people who do this delete or alter files.) |
What is identity theft? | Occurs when someone appropriates (gets) another’s personal information without their knowledge to commit theft or fraud. |
Releasing viruses & worms. | Intentionally releasing a virus or worm to harm others or attack networks. |