2. Text 1 comprehension questions

Read the text again and answer these questions.

1 What are the three main requirements for a work to be protected by copyright?

2 Why do you think copyright does not protect ideas?

3 Why do you think the law requires that a copyright work should have some fixed form?

4 Why is the nationality of the creator important?

5 How does the UK differ from most European countries in respect of employees'

creations?

6 What is 'indirect infringement' and what is 'secondary infringement'?

7 What is the aim of 'fair dealing' exemptions?

3. True-false statements

Confirm or refute these statements. Begin with a short answer, e.g. ‘Yes, it is/has/does, etc.’ or ‘No, it isn’t/hasn’t/doesn't, etc.’ and add one sentence to prove your point.

1 It is not against the law to steal other people’s ideas.

2 Copyright is an automatic right.

3 Moral rights may belong to the owner of the copyright.

4 The copyright holder gets a monopoly over his work

5 The copying of other people’s works is never allowed.

6 Infringing copyright is not a criminal offence.

4. ‘Work’ or ‘a work’? Lexis

a) Read the example and complete the rule with the words ‘countable’ and ‘uncountable’.

‘Copyright protects a work of literature, drama, music or art that has been recorded in some form, but there is clearly work worthy of protection in any live performance, too.’

Rule. When the word ‘work’ denotes something such as a painting or a play or a piece of music

produced by a creative artist, it is a/n______________________ noun; when it means time and

effort you spend on doing or achieving something, it is a/n_________________________ noun.

b) Write out of Text 1 four examples illustrating the two uses of the word ‘work’.

5. Subsistence of copyright Law

Read the examples and say whether or not the following would constitute a literary, dramatic, artistic or musical work meriting copyright protection. Prove your point.

1. The title of F. Coppola’s film ‘Apocalypse Now’.

2. Instructions on the packaging for hair-remover cream.

3. Suggestions made by a director of a play to changes in the script and how it would be

performed on the stage.

4. Handouts prepared by a college tutor.

5. A recorded piece of ‘music’ by an author John Cage called 4'33", which is simply silence.

6. A very simple drawing of earphones in an English language textbook to indicate a listening comprehension task.

7. A published collection of photographs showing dishes of French cuisine.

8. A knitting pattern for an ordinary sweater.

6. Collocations with ‘copyright’ Lexis

The words ‘copyright’ and ‘copyright protection’ can collocate with any of the verbs below and be used in the following patterns. Choose two collocations or patterns from each group and write six sentences to illustrate their meaning.

to claim, to own copyright in a work; to breach, to infringe copyright

to provide, to grant copyright protection; to exclude from copyright protection; to oust copyright in a work

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the work is protected by copyright; the work is not copyright;

the work enjoys, merits, attracts copyright protection

the work is out of copyright; the work is still in copyright

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copyright protects, gives a monopoly, subsists in ... , arises, requires

copyright in the work lasts for ... ; copyright protection is reduced to ... years