Brad's Copyright Crossword

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  1. 3. A work is not entitled to copyright protection until it is "fixed in a tangible medium." For example, a song that has been created and even performed but which has never been written out in sheet music or recorded has no copyright.
  2. 6. A Copyright Owner owns all or any one of the "exclusive rights" of copyright in a work. Those rights are listed in Section 106 of the United States Copyright Act and include the right to (1) reproduce the work, (2) prepare Derivative Works of it, (3) distribute copies of it, (4) perform it publicly and (5) display it publicly.
  3. 8. composition A "musical composition" is a musical work, such as a song or piano piece, created by a composer using melody (tones and rhythms), harmony (chords), and lyrics.
  4. 10. rights Under U.S. federal law, "moral rights" are certain rights given to artists who have created visual works of art (such as, a painting or sculpture) to protect the integrity of her name and works. The rights are set forth in the Section 106A of the United States Copyright Act. The artist has the right (1) to claim authorship of her work, (2) to prevent others from using her name in connection with a work she did not create or a work that has been distorted or mutilated, and (3) to prevent any intentional distortion, mutilation or destruction of her work.
  5. 11. A "compilation" is a work formed by collecting preexisting material or facts and selecting or arranging them in an original way. A Collective Work is a type of compilation.
  6. 14. Under Section 501 of the United States Copyright Act, anyone who violates any of the Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner is a copyright "infringer."
  7. 15. A "derivative work" is a work that is "based upon one or more preexisting works." One of the Exclusive Rights of a Copyright Owner is to make derivative works.
  8. 17. The "first sale" doctrine recognizes that ownership of a copyright is different from ownership of a material object that is the subject of a copyright.
  9. 19. A "copyright owner" or "copyright holder" is a person or a company who owns any one of the Exclusive Rights of copyright in a work.
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  1. 1. The term "Intellectual Property" refers to all kinds of intangible (not physical) types of property that people can own. Unlike physical property, Intellectual Properties are solely creations of law and have no independent existence.
  2. 2. Under the United States Copyright Act, the right to use copyrighted songs in making Sound Recordings for distribution to the public for private use is one of the Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner.
  3. 4. There is no exact definition for what a "parody" is under the copyright law. A parody involves the use of elements of a previously existing work in a new work that, at least in part, comments on or criticizes the previously existing work and is usually meant to be funny. A parody of a copyrighted work can be a Fair Use.
  4. 5. A "copyright" is actually a "bundle of rights" that the creator of a work is entitled to control if the work is "an original work of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression."
  5. 7. In order to exercise one or more of the Exclusive Rights of copyright, you need a "license" from the Copyright Owner. The license is the permission granted by a copyright owner (also know as the "licensor") to the person requesting the right to exercise one or more of these exclusive rights (also know as the "licensee").
  6. 9. A collective work is a work, such as an encyclopedia or anthology, that includes a number of separate smaller works.
  7. 10. A "master use license" is an agreement by which the Copyright Owner of a Sound Recording (usually, the record company) grants Permission to someone else to use the Sound Recording in a visual work.
  8. 12. A "medium" is a type of artistic technique or means of Expression related to the materials used or the creative methods involved in the production of the work. The plural form of medium is "media" and paintings, films, books, TV, and the internet are all examples of different media.
  9. 13. "Fair use" is the right of the public to make reasonable use of copyrighted material in special circumstances without the Copyright Owner's Permission.
  10. 16. The words you use to tell a story, the picture that you paint, and the lyrics to a song you wrote are all types of "expression." Until you set these things down on paper or in a Recording, they are nothing more than ideas. Ideas in and of themselves are not protectible by copyright, only the way they are expressed is protected. The copyright law protects expression only when it is Fixed in a way that others can read or see it.
  11. 18. In order to exercise one or more of the Exclusive Rights of copyright, you need a get permission from the Copyright Owner. That permission is called a License, by which a copyright owner grants the right to exercise one or more of these rights to another person or company.