Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Copyright


Copyrighting. Like the wrath of your mother when she is coming down hard on your case and you do not agree, the copyrights preventing you from certain things can often be annoying, hard to understand, seemingly unjust. But when your mother's wrath is upon someone else who has wronged you, it resonates with the sweet satisfaction of justice and serves-you-right. Personally, I have been frustrated with copyright laws and prohibitions when it comes to things like being unable to skip songs on Pandora or being unable to watch movies for free online (legally). But when it is your creativity, your hard work, your sweat and blood and tears, your idea that is stolen or illegally downloaded, well; suddenly copyright laws don't seem like such a bad thing after all. The laws, like your mother's wrath as your advocate, suddenly stand for something that is universally approved of and cherished: the protection of rightful ownership. Now, by no means are copyright laws in America currently perfect; in fact, the whole concept of copyright infringement is in multiple shades of gray and has many side roads of almost and not-quite-stolen. However, there are also clear and definite HE/SHE CROSSED THE LINE rules currently established, and as an aspiring author and person of creative means I suppose I am quite thankful for that.

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