Deck 13: Copyright Registration Searching and Notice of Copyright

Question 1

What does it mean to say that a copyright registration was issued under the "rule of doubt"?

Answer 1

In a questionable case of copyrightability, the Copyright Office will resolve the case in favor of the applicant. Even though the Office has doubts about copyrightability, it will resolve doubts in favor of the applicant and allow a court to make a final determination if questions later arise.

Question 2

Copyright applicants who use the Copyright Office's e-CO system may often submit their deposit materials electronically.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Applicants for copyright registration must submit two complete copies of the ______ of a work as deposit materials.

Answer 3

best edition

Question 4

One may use a copyright notice () on one's work whether or not one has applied for or received a copyright registration.

Question 5

An application for a copyright registration for a computer program must submit all source code for the work whether or not it is a trade secret.

Question 6

United States law requires that all copyrighted works be accompanied by a copyright notice ().

Question 7

Generally, when copyright applications are examined at the Copyright Office they are subject to substantive and thorough examination.

Question 8

An author needs to bring an infringement suit next week to obtain an injunction to stop potential infringement. What avenue can the applicant pursue to obtain a copyright registration as quickly as possible?

Question 9

Either the author of a work or one who owns the copyright interest in a work may apply for copyright registration.

Question 10

Paramount Pictures is concerned that its highly anticipated summer blockbuster movie will be pirated and leaked over the Internet before its commercial release. What might it do? Discuss fully.

Question 11

David has discovered that his copyright registration has issued in the name of Daniel Reynolds rather than David Reynolds. What should David do?

Question 12

Any copyright applicant may request special handling of an application.

Question 13

Why does the Copyright Office insist on receiving deposit materials for all copyrighted works in the United States?

Question 14

Federal law requires copyright applicants to conduct searches of Copyright Office records before applying for registration.

Question 15

What is an advantage of using a copyright notice?

Question 16

The Copyright Act has strict and exacting standards for placement of a copyright notice ().

Question 17

Mattel would like to view the deposit materials for a game submitted to the Copyright Office by its competitor Milton Bradley. Under what circumstances, if any, may Mattel view or obtain a copy of this deposit material?

Question 18

Draft a copyright notice for a poem you have composed.

Question 19

Once a copyright application is registered, any member of the public may view it and records will appear on search engines such as Google.

Question 20

Generally, an application for copyright registration for a published work must be accompanied by three copies of the work.

Question 21

Why is an error in a copyright notice not as significant now as it was years ago?