In Computer Laws. Please provide a good explanation with at least 40 words to each question

1. What is the purpose of copyright law? What does fair use mean?

2. Read The Elephant in the Middle of the Glee Club. What is the elephant that the article is talking about? Should a show like Glee be given a fair use exception? Why or why not?

3. If you copy a cartoon on Facebook that you did not create, have you committed a copyright violation or is it a fair use exception? Why or why not?

4. Swatch filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg for copyright infringement after Bloomberg obtained a copy of a recording of a conference call convened by Swatch to discuss the companys recently released earnings report with invited investment analysts. Bloomberg used the sound recording without authorization and disseminated it to paying subscribers. The court ruled that Swatchs use of was a fair use exception. What was the court reasoning for this decision? Put the answer in your own words no cut and paste.

5. If you cut and paste an answer off the Internet in answer to one of my questions, have you committed a copyright violation? Would the court consider it a fair use exception? Why or why not?

6. Why do I give you links to articles on the web rather than copying them and putting them on the Content page?

7. In DC Comics v. Towle, Mark Towle, a custom car designer, was sued by DC Comics for making a copy of the Batmobile. What was the courts decision? Did Towle infringe DC Comics copyright with his replica car?

8. The court created a three-pronged test established in the DC Comics v. Towle case. What is it?

9. Look at the Stanford fair use cases. Pick two cases in which fair use was granted. Tell me about the cases and tell me why they are considered a fair use.

10. Look at the same site and pick two cases in which fair use was not found. Tell me why and what was different about the cases in which the court granted fair use and when the court did not find fair us