Copyright issues are every important. Being able to protect one’s own work from others is essential in competitive times like these.
It was really nice of Mr. Jason Hardin to come and explain us about copyright and all relates topics. He is the manager of access Services at The Coates Library and also oversees reserve services.
He explained copyright as the legal ownership of an idea or a self-creation or the government recognized ownership of some kind of property which you can control.
Plagiarism is basically an academic sin, ethical lass or a moral sin whereas copyright infringement is actually a crime.The copyright law has been a part of the constitution since 1790.
If people believe that there information and property is protected then they will be able to flourish more creatively and they will be able to develop everything more freely. Copyright only comes into existence from the date the actual work is published. It is a felony to commit a copyright infringement involving more than 10 copies and a value of more than $2500 can be charged to someone who tries to do that.
He explaines what Fair use was and told us how it was very important even in everyday life. Fair use is the provision within copyright law that allows people to reproduce works.
Jason Hardin also explained us how derivative works are different and that parody and satire are protected.
Like Meet the Spartans was a spoof of 300 and it still did not violate any copyright.
A major issue in the world of copyright infringement is the younger generation downloading music illegally. Many college campuses have had issues with their students downloading music off illegal sites.
In Trinity itself, a girl was mad eto pay around $14,000 as she had downloaded 10 old classical songs. The question that comes into play is whether the student who lives on a very small budget is trying to get some music or whether the music producer who is already earning millions should get paid for his job.
I would like to support the student because even if the student downloads a few songs, it will not make any difference to the millions that the artists and the producers already earn.
Copyright and related Issues by Asavari Jalan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
You present a lot of the issues Jason Hardin covered in class. Very informative!
ReplyDeleteI feel like it would make an impact on the artist's profit (as far as just numbers). But factoring in how much money is "necessary" to maintain a lifestyle, I definitely agree with you - it seems like it's much more money for the student to contribute (especially while trying to pay for Trinity!).
ReplyDeleteIt is a major issue with our generation downloading music because it is so easy to do. I feel like students continue to download music illegally because they are uninformed.
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