Copyright

This week we were learning about copyright. Copyright is the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death. Copyright is important to use because you need to give credit to the author you are using his/ hers work from. If you don't use copyright, you can be sued from the state or the author. The creator of a piece of art would be interested in copyright because they need to get credit for their work, and they can also lose lots of money. If I found out that someone was using my work and not giving me credit for it, I would get mad, and if I new them I would ask them to take it off. If i didn't know the person then I would find out if they were using my photo in a good way and if not, I would contact people that could find the person and tell them to take my work off of their website/ blog. If that person sited my work I wouldn't be mad because I would know that everyone knows my work. This is what I feel about copyright.

Some of these definitions were found on www.aewcomputerconnections.blogspot.com