2. What is Copyright?
0 The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or
distribute the matter and form of something (as a
literary, musical, or artistic work) (Merriam-
Wesbster)
0 Copyrights are typically all-rights reserved for creator
or owner
0 Copyrights are thought to encourage competition
3. Why we have copyrights
0 So people can’t steal or take credit for your work.
0 So you can’t steal or take credit for someone else’s
work.
4. Copyright Issues in the News
0 Student Faces Extradition on Copyright Infringement
Charges
0 On Jan. 13, 2012 a U.S. judge declared that British
Student Richard O’Dwyer may be extradited to U.S. to
be charged with copyright infringement for running a
“linking” website to pirated material. TVShack.net
5. Copyright Issues in the News
0 Jammie Thomas Fined $1.5 Million for Downloading
24 Songs
0 Let's Make an Example Out of Jammie
6. Copyright Issues in the News
0 Did Britney rip off some old time country band?
0 http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/11/britney-spears-
bellamy-brothers-hold-it-against-me-if-i-said-you-
had-a-beuatiful-body/#.TxZFXyMx-qQ
7. PIPA and SOPA
0 In order to protect copyrighted material, companies
want to be able to shut down sights, such as
Wikipedia and Facebook should they find copyrighted
material.
0 Screen of Wikipedia at 11:22pm Tues. Jan. 17.
9. Megaupload.com
0 Shut down Jan. 19th by
the FBI.
0 Online storage locker
for pirated material.
Some of these types of
sites have legitimate
uses, but Megaupload
was mostly used for
pirated material.
