Considering in this day and age with our mass media and there is so much going on with the Internet that it is impossible for there not to be infringement of any type. you can download music, movies, and software from many different sources without much consequence. I think that there should be new ways of compensating artists for their work because anyone can post something online whether it belongs to them or not and whoever created that work gets nothing. the old ways of doing business in the entertainment industry are over so new ways need to be presented so that we don't continue to cheat people out of their intellectual property. copyright laws are nearly impossible to enforce anymore, it seems like things are public domain immediately after they are posted online. Another thing that i didn't know anytime i create something its copyrighted immediately. "As a result of the copyrighted term extension act of 1998, most copyrights for works published after January 1, 1978, last for the life of the author plus 70 years." (pg198) Another thing i started doing after starting this class is keeping a notebook of my artworks and the date they were created, this is mainly for inventors but i am going to do it as well. "Many inventors maintain a journal in which they record when and how they conceived of an invention and specify all procedures, dates, actions, failures, successes, contacts, and other events that occur in the course of building and testing the invention." (pg 96) Its good to know being a photographer that "the photographer is considered the author and original owner of copyright." (pg296) "Photographic images are predictable under copyright law whether in print or digital format." (pg 296)
All Quotes are taken from Patent, Copyright & Trademark nolo 11 Edition
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