Quiz 9: Copyright and open access to linguistic data

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1. True or false: Authors need to apply for copyright protection to have copyright over their work. *

1 point

True

False

2. If you sign a contract or agree to a license in order to access material for your data, which of the following is true? *

1 point

The contract or license sets out all of the conditions for use and attribution

The contract or license can be ignored because copyright law supersedes it

Fair use may apply if not specifically excluded by the contract or license

Required

3. How can scholars put their data in the public domain? *

1 point

A. By stating on the document that the data is dedicated to the public domain

B. With a Creative Commons Zero license

C. By sharing the dataset without any additional copyright information

Both A and B

All of the above

4. True or false: Anything that is freely available to view online is in the public domain. *

1 point

True

False

5. Fair Use likely allows for which of the following? *

0 points

A. Performing text analysis on a corpus of Stephen King books

B. Sharing a dataset of word frequency counts from the corpus

C. Sharing the corpus openly online

Both A and B

All of the above

6. True or False: Copyright law is different in different parts of the world. *

1 point

True

False

7. Which of the following would NOT be covered by copyright? (Select all that apply) *

1 point

Measurements of rainfall

Creative visualizations of rainfall measurements

Text written about rainfall measurements

Recordings of radio interviews

Vowel formants and frequencies

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8. Which of the following are possible scenarios for authors entering into Copyright Transfer Agreements? *

1 point

A. The author signs over all rights to the publisher in order to publish the work

B. The author has to request permission from the publishing company to reuse their own dataset in the future

C. The author has to pay licensing fees to use material from their own published article in the future

A and B

All of the above

9. In 2016, a group of researchers publicly released a dataset of public user profiles from online dating website OkCupid. Why was this a problem? *

1 point

Sharing the dataset was clearly illegal

Sharing the dataset was unethical

10. What is the function of Creative Commons (CC) licenses and GNU General Public Licenses? *

1 point

Putting data in the public domain

Extending copyright past 70 years (under certain conditions)

Allowing reuse of the data under Fair Use or Fair Dealing

Allowing the author to keep their copyright while others can reuse the data (under certain conditions)

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