COMPLETELY OPTIONAL PRACTICE COPYRIGHT QUIZ – FALL 2009

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at a time of your choosing in which to complete the actual non-optional Quiz, except
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since by design there is only one correct answer (or set of answers) to each
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English language dictionary), though you should do so sparingly if you want to
complete the entire quiz in the time provided. You may not consult any other
materials in paper form or online. The questions will be valued equally in grading.
Thirty correct answers will constitute a perfect score, and three “bonus” questions
have been provided as a form of “insurance.” In order to receive credit, final
Quizzes must be received by Midnight on Monday, October 25.

1) Multiple choice: Which of the following are factors that are definitely to be
considered in deciding whether a commissioned work is a “work made for
hire” under the first numbered clause of the Sec. 101 definition? [Remember
– only one of the answers below is correct, and you should indicate which by
underlining it.]

a) Whether the work was made at the instance and expense of the hiring
party.
b) Whether the hiring party and the hired party were previously acquainted.
c) Whether the hiring party is in business.
d) The skill required of the hired party.
e) All of the above
f) All except a)
g) All except a) and b)
h) None of the above
2) Fill in the blanks: A valid notice of termination must be served not more than
25 years and not less than       years prior to the effective date of
termination named in the notice.

3) True/False: The “merger” doctrine teaches that where there is a single,

unique way of expressing a particular idea, that expression cannot be
protected by copyright.

a) True

b) False

4) True/False: Whether an “architectural work” is protected by copyright

depends on whether its aesthetic elements can be physically or conceptually
separated from its functional elements.

a) True

b) False

5) Fill in the two blanks with a month and a four-digit year, respectively: The
diaries of a Civil War Veteran who died in 1895 were published for the first
time in 2001. There are protected until the end of December, 2047.

6) Fill in the blank with a four-digit year: The first British copyright statute was
enacted in the year 1710.

7) Multiple choice: Consider the following quotation: “It would be a dangerous

undertaking for persons trained only to the law to constitute themselves final
judges of the worth of pictorial illustrations….” Please select the name of the
opinion from which this quotation derives.

a) Eldred v. Ashcroft

b) Wheaton v. Peters

c) Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

d) Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.

 e) Gracen v. Bradford Exchange, Ltd.

f) None of the above

8) Multiple choice: When does a transfer or license of copyright not need to be

memorialized in a writing to be effective?
a) When it is a gift.
b) When it is given for consideration.
c) When it occurs as a result of intestate succession.
d) When it is a non-exclusive license
e) Both c) and (d), above.
f) None of the above.

9) Multiple choice: Identify the celebrity whose image was at issue in the
Supreme Court decision that established the copyrightability of photographs.
a) Kevin Garnett
b) Sarah Berhardt
c) Learned Hand
d) Oscar Wilde
e) Sir Walter Scott
f) None of the above

10) Fill in the two blanks with a month and a year, respectively: The
United States became party to the Berne Convention on the first of March,
1989.