True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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To be protected under copyright law, a work must
be the “only one of its kind.”
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Only serious literary works are protected under
copyright law; thus, vile or offensive material is not protectable.
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3.
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A live speech is protectable under copyright
law.
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4.
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A blender may be copyrighted.
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5.
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Dolls, toys, and games are
copyrightable.
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6.
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Jim has an idea for a new type of computer
mouse. This idea is copyrightable.
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7.
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The title to the book “Principles of
Corporate Law” is copyrightable.
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Essay
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8.
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What does it mean to say that to be
copyrightable, a work must be “original”?
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9.
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Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has performed a comedy
routine live in a nightclub. Two weeks later she performs this routine for HBO, which records the
routine. Which, if any, of the performances is protected under copyright law. Why?
Discuss.
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10.
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Identify three exclusions from copyright
protection.
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11.
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Is a new type of light bulb protectable under
copyright law? Why or why not?
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12.
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Valerie, an architect, has designed a new
museum, a garden gazebo, and a tent for weddings and other parties. Valerie also created all
technical drawings and blueprints for these works. Which of these works, if any, are protectable
under copyright law? Why or why not?
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13.
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Under the merger doctrine, if there are only a
few ways of expressing or explaining a topic, only literal or exact copying the work will infringe,
because the underlying idea is said to combine with the __________ of the idea.
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14.
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The concept that ideas are not generally
protected under copyright law but the expression of those ideas is protected is generally called the
_______________.
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15.
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Why are our federal statutes not subject to
copyright protection?
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16.
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Dana has authored a cookbook with numerous
recipes and ideas for entertaining using the recipes. Is the cookbook protected under copyright law?
Discuss.
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17.
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Cal has written a book that complies statistics
of Major League Baseball teams. Is this work protected under copyright law?
Discuss.
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18.
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Is the character in the Die Hard movies,
John McClane, protectable under copyright law? Discuss.
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19.
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Adam has gathered together a list of weather
statistics from the past 20 years and put them into an interesting arrangement, showing weather
patterns of large U.S. cities. Is this work copyrightable? Why? Discuss.
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20.
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When an author gathers together ordinarily
uncopyrightable matter, such as facts, and presents them in a creative arrangement, such a work is
called a ______________.
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21.
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The New Yorker Magazine has recently
published an issue entitled “The Best Short Stories of 2007.” Such a work is
copyrightable as a _____________.
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22.
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Author John Grisham has granted another
permission to make a movie from his most recent novel. The resulting film is called a
______________.
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23.
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Helen Fielding has granted permission to Steven
Grant to make a television series based on her novel Bridget Jones’s Diary. The series
will introduce two new characters created by Grant. Describe Helen
Fielding’s copyright
rights and those of Steven Grant.
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24.
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A writer has written a new novel about a single
30-year old woman living on her own in London and her friendships and relationships. Does this work
infringe the copyright in Bridget Jones’s Diary? Discuss.
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