The Savvy Entrepreneurial Firm Feature in Chapter 12 Focuses on a Copyright

Multiple Choice

The Savvy Entrepreneurial Firm feature in Chapter 12 focuses on a copyright infringement case involving the owners of work originally produced by Elvis Presley and Passport Video, a company that produced a video documentary of Elvis' life. Passport Video, which did not get permission to use songs, interviews and other material produced by Elvis and used in the documentary, claimed they did not need formal approval because the documentary on Elvis' life was scholarly research and should therefore be protected under the ________ exemption to copyright law.

A) trivial infringement
B) minor application
C) fair use
D) slight use
E) incidental utilization