9.10. Knowledge Check

Knowledge Check 1

Words to use: Public Domain, Fair Use, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Creative Commons

Text Description
This activity contains a set of flashcards, which are described below.
Activity Description or Instruction: Read the definitions and provide the term for each.
  1. Card Text: Belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright or where the copyright has expired.
  2. Card Text: In U.S. law, brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission.
  3. Card Text: A public copyright license that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. This license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work.
  4. Card Text: The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.
  5. Card Text: A work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.

Solution:

  1. Public Domain
  2. Fair Use
  3. Creative Commons
  4. Copyright
  5. Intellectual Property

Knowledge Check 2

Text Description
Which of the following contribute to the digital divide in Canada?
  1. Training
  2. Increasing digitization
  3. Technology access
  4. Technology affordability
  5. Geographic disparity
  6. Public institution access like libraries

Solution:

Correct answer(s): a. Training; b. Increasing digitization; c. Technology access; d. Technology affordability; e. Geographic disparity;

Knowledge Check 3

Advantages Vs Disadvantages

Possible Answers,

  • Impacts to Productivity
  • Privacy implications
  • Impacts to collaboration and communication
  • Travel Time reduction
  • Work-life balance
  • Impacts to Productivity

Solutions:

Advantages: Impacts to productivity, Travel Time reduction, Work-life balance

Disadvantages: Privacy implications, Impacts to productivity, Impacts to collaboration and communication

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