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Test Your U.S. Copyright Law Knowledge 

True or False? (answers below)

1.   In order to have copyright protection in the United States you must  place the copyright symbol, ©, on your work.  T  F

2.   The U.S. government may own copyright in works which have been assigned to it.  T  F

3.   Under the U.S. fair use provision, you can always use content for any sort of educational purposes.  T  F

4.   Copyright lasts for 70 years after an author’s death.  T  F

5.   If you are protected by copyright in the U.S., then you are protected in 168 countries that belong to the Berne Convention on copyright  T  F

6.   Libraries, archives and museums are exempt from U.S. copyright law.  T  F

7.   The U.S. only joined the leading copyright convention, the Berne Convention, in 1989.  T  F

8.   Under the U.S. Copyright Act, all authors in the U.S. have the right to prevent modification of their creations if the modification is prejudicial to their honor or reputation.  T  F

9.   You do not need to register a work with the United States Copyright office to have copyright protection.  T  F

10.  When you purchase a painting, you own all copyrights in the painting.  T  F

Answers:  1F, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5T, 6F, 7T, 8F, 9T, 10F

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Want to know more?

See the library's Copyright page or contact Eileen Severson.  

easevers@gundersenhealth.org or Ext. 55546.