9. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What is the difference between libel and slander?

2. What points must any plaintiff in a libel suit prove?

3. What is the test with public figures?

4. What must you be sure of if you quote a private figure?

5. May there be grounds for a libel case if the subject remains unnamed?

6. Do you remember any recent libel cases in this country or abroad?

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COPYRIGHTLAW

The purpose of a copyright is to secure for the creator of original material all the benefits earned by creating it. Copyrights apply not only to written words but also to illustrations, plays, musical works, motion pictures, sound recording, graphics, sculptures, pantomimes, and dances. Two aspects of copyright law concern you: the use of copyrighted material and the protection of the work that you do.

The copyright law protects original material published during and after the author's lifetime as well as unpublished material. Material does not have to be printed or distributed for copyright protection. As soon as it is created in a concrete form, it is protected, particularly if it bears a copyright notice but also even if it does not.

Distributing or offering to distribute copies of a work to the public is considered publication. Such distribution may be free or paid.

If you want the most unassailable copyright protection, you should take formal steps to acquire it as soon as any material is published.

News releases, features, and illustrations accompanying them are not normally copyrighted. Booklets, leaflets, books, and similar publications usually are copyrighted unless there is a desire to allow others to reproduce them. In that case, it is customary to place a notice in the publication stating that reproduction and distribution of copies is permissible without charge.

Notes

copyright — авторское право; обеспечивать авторское право

secure — гарантировать, обеспечивать

benefit — выгода, денежная прибыль

apply to smth — касаться, относиться к чему-л.

copyright law — закон о защите авторских прав

copyright protection — охрана авторских прав

copyright notice — предупреждение о сохранении авторского

права

free — бесплатный

unssailable —. неприступный, прочный news release — пресс-релиз, сообщение для печати feature — статья, очерк booklet — брошюра leaflet — листовка, брошюра permissible — разрешенный without charge — бесплатно

Упражнения

*10. Укажите, в каком из приведенных значений данные слова употреб­ляются в тексте.

1. free a. allowed to live, exist, or happen without being

controlled or restricted b. not costing any money с not being used d. not a prisoner

2. benefit a. the money or other advantages that you get from

something b. something that gives you advantages or improves your

life in some way с a concert, performance, dinner etc. arranged to make

money for a charity

3. a feature a. a part of something that you notice because it seems

important, interesting, or typical b. a piece of writing about a subject in a newspaper or a

magazine с a movie being shown at a theater

4, to apply a. to make a formal, usually written request to be

considered for a job, an opportunity to study at a college, etc.

b. to use something as a method, idea, or law in a particular situation, of process

c. to have an effect in or to concern a person, group, situation or an idea

5- charge a. the amount of money you have to pay for goods or

services b. an official statement made by the police saying that

someone may be guilty of a crime с a strong effort to do something

*11. Соотнесите слова в левой колонке с их определениями в правой.

1. copyright a. allowed by law or by the rales

2. press release b. to get or achieve something that will be permanent

3. permissible с the legal right to be the only maker or seller of a book»

4. to secure play, etc. for a specific length of time

5. unassailable d. not able to be criticized, attacked, or made weaker

e. an official statement giving information in the newspapers, television, or radio

*12. Заполните пропуски данными словами.

applied, force, feature, copyright, permissible

1. Mitchell's family owns the ...to her book.

2. A bus service from the station to the airport is

3. The term "mat" can be.... to any small rag.

4. He won an award for his on the children of migrant

farmworkers.

5. The use of racial preferences is not.... .under the new law.