Question 1

In RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that__________________ is legal.

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Question 2

The Linux operating system is an example of
A) free-market software.
B) open-source software.
C) pirated software.
D) proprietary software.
E) unreliable software.

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Linux is an open-source operating system, meaning that its source code is available for anyone to view, modify, and distribute for free. This is in contrast to proprietary software, which is owned by a company and often requires payment or licensing fees to use or modify.

Question 3

Under some circumstances it is legal to reproduce a copyrighted work without permission. These circumstances are called_________ .

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Question 4

A company's logo is an example of a type of intellectual property that can be protected by a _________.

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Question 5

FairPlay was the name of Apple's__________________ system.

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Question 6

A __________________network allows computers running the same networking program to connect with each other and access files stored on each other's hard drives.

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Question 7

In The Second Treatise of Government, __________________makes a case for a natural right to property.

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Question 8

The U.S. Congress addresses the tension between society's desire for inventions to be in the public domain and the inventor's expectation of profit by giving inventors exclusive rights to their discoveries __________________.

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Question 9

Since the first Copyright Act was passed in 1790, both the length of copyright protection and the kinds of intellectual properties that can be copyrighted have _________.

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Question 10

In Sony v. Universal City Studios, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that time shifting is_________.

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Question 11

In 1991 a U.S. District Court judge ordered_________ to pay $510,000 to a group of eight book publishers for violating their copyrights by producing photocopied packets of reading materials for college students.

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Question 12

The so-called "smartphone patent wars" ended when
A) Samsung agreed to stop copying Apple's design features.
B) Apple bought all of the patents owned by Samsung and Nokia.
C) the smartphone makers agreed to stop patenting new inventions.
D) the smartphone makers agreed to cross-license each other's patents.
E) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "look and feel" could not be patented.

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The smartphone patent wars ended when the smartphone makers agreed to cross-license each other's patents. This means that each company could use the other company's patented technologies without having to pay a royalty fee or face potential lawsuits. This agreement helped reduce the number of patent disputes among smartphone manufacturers.

Question 13

BitTorrent makes file downloading faster by___________________________ .

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Question 14

In September 2003 the RIAA sued 261 individuals for__________________ .

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Question 15

In December 2004 _________announced a plan to scan millions of books held by several of the world's largest libraries.

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Question 16

Merchandise 7X, the formula for Coca-Cola  syrup, is a famous example of a type of intellectual property known as a _________.

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Question 17

_________had to pay Polaroid $925 million for violating seven of Polaroid's patents for instant photography.

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Question 18

Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Extended Copy Protection system provoked controversy because it__________________ .

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Question 19

Microsoft changed course after its proposed cloud-based gaming experience for the Xbox One received negative feedback from customers. Three features of the licensing agreement were most controversial: disc owners could share a disc only once, freedom to buy and sell used discs was restricted, and __________________.

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Question 20

Arriba Soft Corporation was sued for copyright infringement because its Web search engine returned _________. A court later ruled this was a fair use.

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Quiz 4: Intellectual Property