What is copyright ~ Copyright is a legal
concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it,
usually for a limited time. Generally, it is "the right to copy", but
also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to
determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who
may financially benefit from it, and other related rights. It is an intellectual
property form (like the patent,
the trademark, and the trade secret) applicable
to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and
discrete. (Says the Wikipedia) It never really accrued to me, also I didn’t
know you can almost copyright anything until I see the video and read the
section on copyright issues. People have copyrighted Dances, movies, phrases,
looks etc. and this truly has amazed me that so many people would want to
copyright the little things, but then again it makes since because you now own
the right to whatever you copyright and now if any one uses it they will have
to credit you or they can be sued.
What is Creative Commons Solutions ~ Creative
Commons helps you share your knowledge, its technical infrastructure that
maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. Its a
licensing tool developed by the open access movement to protect copyright while
increasing public distribution, offer better solutions to these questions than
existing oral history protocols?
The purpose of copyright
law is to promote the progress of useful arts and science by
protecting the exclusive right of authors and inventors to benefit from their
works of authorship. To this end, the US Copyright Act of 1976 -a complete revision
of the Copyright Act of 1909- protects all the works of authorship created
between 1978 and the present. (Stim, R. West Publishing, 1979) This protection
extends to works that are unpublished but are in a fixed and tangible form. The
federal government regulates copyright law by registering copyrighted works
through the Copyright Office and by enforcing copyright laws in the federal
court system. The most commonly litigated issue in copyright law involves
copyright infringement. Disputes regarding the violation of any exclusive right
granted under copyright law, such as copying a work, are filed in federal
courts due to Federal Preemption. Copyright law protects literary, musical,
graphic, or other artistic forms in which an author expresses intellectual
concepts. In the context of copyright law an author is the creator of any
copyrightable creation. Any author creation that meets the standards of
copyright law is protectable under copyright law and considered to be a work of
authorship. The main two requirements to meet the standards of copyright law
are originality and fixation.
3 comments:
Creative Commons have to be the best opportunity for up and coming artist who enjoy enhancing their work through copy written products. I never heard of this site but I will use it for now on. I wish I had an opportunity to utilize material controlled through Creative Commons during our matriculation. There are so many opportunities available with material protected by Creative Common. You gave an excellent explanation of the purpose for copyright law. Even with this explanation, I still have issues with the exact law. There are so many loopholes with copy written material.
Devloun,
Your write up on the purpose of copyright law was very interesting. I always enjoy reading about other individual’s ideals on important topics because they are enlightening. I certainly agree with you when you mention that “the most commonly litigated issue is copyright law involves copyright infringement.” Do you think that this is due partly because individuals who use the digital information is unaware of how to properly use the information? Or are they purposely stealing it? In my opinion, it is probably the first choice. I know that within my school district, students are very ignorant when it comes to citing sources and copyright information etc. Maybe perhaps we as educators should be pressing the issue more and more with our students throughout their educational careers.
Great reflection and reaction to the copyright issues materials. A few possible misstatements, however. There's a difference between copyright and patent or trademark. So something like a phrase ("Here's Johnny!") cannot be copyrighted but can be trademarked. I'm not sure what you mean by "Looks" but I'm assuming you mean some form of design or style and that might, again, fall under trademark and not copyright. These are all part of Intellectual Property law, but there's enough differences that it's important to keep them straight. It can be complicated.
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