Read the, "Lawsuit Claim: Students' Lecture Notes Infringe on Professor's Copyright" article, found in the Mini-Test #4 Supplement, before answering this question. If the Florida court rules that Professor Moultons lectures are copyrighted, and Moulton decides to capitalize further on that ruling by suing all his students for taking their own notes in class, which of the following is the strongest defense available to the students?

Select one:

a. The notes, while copying a copyrighted work, are protected as fair use.

b. The notes of a copyrighted lecture are not derivative works.

c. Moultons lectures are tedious and boring and are therefore not creative works.

d. Taking notes for ones own personal use does not infringe on the copyright.