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Copy Right Thoughts

I believe when a person remixes or recreate what was already created, the creator should be credited. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s a copy and where to define plagiarism. Creative commons seems to be a good way to allow owners to releases their product.  Sometimes I wonder if two …

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Copyright & Creative Commons

My impression of the copyright law is that it was put in place to respect people’s work and allow them to receive private reward. I believe that this law satisfies those in need of protection over their own work. This law decreases claims of the general public as well as …

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Copyright

I think copyright can be very important but in some cases it can be to extreme. My favorite things that was given to look into was the Laws that Choke Creativity TED Talk. I thought it did well at defining the problem with some people´s perceptions of people´s alterations …

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Copyright or Copywrong?

Copyright and plagiarism seem to go hand in hand. You would never quote a book in a paper without proper citations, but what about when you use a picture for an assignment or a powerpoint? How often do you give the artist credit? In today’s society, we rarely give credit …

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Copyrights and Copy-wrongs!

Copyright is a very complex subject. We touched on it a little bit in my Freshman Seminar class last semester, and I came to one conclusion then: copyright is restrictive and does not even get fully enforced. After reading and watching the materials for this post, I came to a …

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Copyright and Creative Commons

After reviewing the copyright and creative commons laws I think that they need some help. To me I’m kind of on the fence that after a certain amount of time the copyright goes to public domain. On one hand I think that the creator of whatever is copyrighted should have …

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Creative Copyright

This week we were asked to think about copyright and the creative commons movement. We were given some resources to look over to help us reflect upon these things. As an artist, copyright has always been something of importance. My general knowledge of it prior to these readings and videos …

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Thoughts on copyright

Copyright in the digital age is a very difficult topic. On one hand, the ability to share creations and inspire others via sharing of work online has led to some amazing collaborations and advancements in art on a number of platforms. However, you also run into the caveat of whether …

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Are You Copying, Or Is It Your Right?

I agree with everything when it comes to copyright because I look at it in the way of if I create something and use my time and ideas to make it, I will clearly be proud of it. I don’t want someone else taking credit for my hard work and …

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