After our class lecture on Copyrights, I think it would be really neat to author a good novel. Then my novel would be protected by copyright laws for all of my life plus 75 years. That could be a long time of copyright protection. Though on the other hand, author's life plus 75 years is a little bit excessive. Does a book really need to be kept out of curious student hands for all that time? As cool as it first seems, I think that the time lenght should be shortened. Along with company, copyrights. Company copyright laws should be like patents, in the regard to shorter protection and possible renewel after copyright protection. All of these extended copyright time protection time frames limit the publis access to these materials, that could be benefiting to those pursuing a higher eduction.
During class on Tuesday, I learned many new facts including the details on what is public and private, Copyright laws in general, the time frame of protections, and institutions that enforce violations of Copyright laws. The most intersting fact to me was how long Copyright laws have been enforced. 14 months after the Declaration, the Copyright law was formed.
With all of that said, as citizens we should try to do our best to cut down on Copyright violations.
Caitlin Masse
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The link between copyright laws and patents is really insightful! That's pretty cool that you thought about that :)
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