Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Copyright-Loralee

Copyright is the law that doesn't let you take someones work if you don't have there permission. There are different things to do and don't when you copyright. If you want to take someone's work you can't just copy and past it. You need there permission or you just need to give them credit in a citation. Copyright laws prevent you from just taking it. Screenwriters deserve respect and appreciation. But not everything is protected with copyright laws. Copyright protects "original works of authorship." Examples of things not protected are ideas, procedures, methods, and many more. Your work is automatically become property of the author who created it. Anyone who brakes the copyright law without the authors permission means that they are committing copyright infringement. The infringer will by faced with charges and penalties. You can register a copyright anytime before the term of copyright is expired. Copyright do not last forever, but they do last a long time. To avoid troubles you should always ask permission for someone's work or cite your l.

2 comments:

  1. I agree, the only thing change is you didn't talk about the singled and double c icons which can change weather or not u need to ask permission.

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  2. I agree with Annika's post :(

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