Copyright nowadaysThe current issue involving copyright as reported in article titled “Harry Potter case illustrates muddled web copyright laws” has reflected how copyright such a sensitive issue to collide. The story was begun when Stevan Vander Ark, big fans of harry potter has been sued by JK Rowling (Harry Potter’s Author) and Warner Bross simply because Vander Ark violated copyright after announcing in order to publish the print version of Harry Potter Lexicon. Moreover JK Rowling as the author stated Vander Ark as a plagiarist and a thief (Caruso, 2008).
According to serious issue involving plagiarism above, we can all say that copyright is a thing that people need to pay attention carefully, because there are laws which protect it. Reep (2006, p.41) points out that copyright is the legal protection for the creators of original works, including written material, music, art, and graphic, films and television programs. Moreover it is illegal to violate the creator’s copyright by using these works for own benefit without getting permission and paying the appropriate fees. As reported by Smiers & Van Schijndel titled “Imagine a world without copyright” they emphasise that copyright was once a means to guarantee artist a decent income. It now is the tool that conglomerates in the music, publishing, imaging and movie industries use to control their market.
In my opinion the term of copyright must be stricken, because this is the way to protect the originality and the creativity of artists. The product which has been produced by artists is not an easy thing to do. The artists need to spend their time, creativity, and effort in order to produce one craft. So that copyright is helping them to protect their works from plagiarism. But Reep (2006, p.41) suggests that when using works in the public domain, people must cite their sources so that the reader knows where the information originated. This term has been applied to all postings that I have been posted before, in order to avoid plagiarism. Because as we all know that, the punishment for the one who violate the copyrights laws is not that light, maybe you will be detained or sued because of it.
References
Caruso, 2008, Harry Potter case illustrates muddle Web copyright laws, ABC News, viewed 5 June 2008.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=4690190&page=1
Smiers & Van Schijndel, 2005, Imagine a world without copyright, International Herald Tribune, viewed 5 June 2008.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/07/opinion/edsmiers.php
Reep, D, 2006, Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies, and Readings, Pearson Education, US. p. 41.
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