MTEL Business Practice Exam

Category - Business Operations

Which of the following statements most accurately compares how copyright law is applied to written or printed material with the way it is applied to digital material posted on the Internet?
  1. Digital material posted on the Internet is protected under a different, less restrictive, set of copyright laws.
  2. Copyright protections for digital material posted on the Internet are the same as those for written or printed material.
  3. Digital material posted on the Internet is protected only if it was posted originally on a site with a registered domain name.
  4. Copyright protections for digital material posted on the Internet are enforced for a shorter period of time than for written or printed material.
Explanation
Correct Response: B. Original written or printed literary works published or unpublished are copyright protected. Musical compositions, movies, graphics, and other original works are also covered. The originator of the material has the sole ownership and exclusive rights of to the original creation. Digital material falls under the same category as literary works and is also copyright protected. Therefore, the copyright of digital material does not fall under a less restrictive law (A). Response C is incorrect because all domain names are registered. Protection of original digital content is the same as that of the author's original written work. Copyright is automatically granted once the product is in a tangible form (D).
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