Before Jason Hardin's talk I knew as much about copyright law as any other kid my age. Just the basics, and the horror stories of those sued for copyright infringement and downloading music illegally. He brought up many interesting facts, like the difference between plagiarism and copyright law. Jason also introduced Fair Use Act, which I was unaware of. I also was unaware that Copyright Law lasted for all of the author's life plus 70 years after, thanks to Disney's demand for more time.
It does not fully seem right to me that a large and powerful corporation, such as Disney, could control copyright law so that it favors them. I understand that losing the copyrights to the original Disney characters would mean losing significant money, and it would now be public domain, but what about those authors who lost their copyrights before after 50 years of the author's death? It does not truly seem fair for those that already lost their resource when it is due. Eventually Disney will lose copyrights, because as long as they exist as a company they will keep fighting to elongate the end date. I guess all could favor from this in the end.
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The whole Disney thing is crazy man
ReplyDeleteI hope that Disney is able to prolong their rights.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in that it is unfair for a large corporation to lobby congress for their own benefits, but at the same time i hope copyright laws last longer.
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