Business Law: Principles for Today's Commercial Environment 3rd Edition by Marianne Moody Jennings, David Twomey, Marianne Jennings

Exercise 17

Using his computer, Professor Bell makes 15 copies (to distribute to his accounting class) of a database in some software he has purchased for his personal research. The creator of this software is claiming copyright. Which of the following is correct
a. This is an infringement of copyright, since he bought the software for personal use.
b. This is not an infringement of copyright, since databases cannot be copyrighted.
c. This is not an infringement of copyright because the copies were made using a computer.
d. This is not an infringement of copyright because of the fair use doctrine.