Copyright law

progress of science and useful arts, by protecting for the limited times to authors and developers the exclusive right to their respective writing’s and discoveries.” First Copyright Act 1790: The first copyright Act was passed in 1790 in US that contained most of the principles in English Law. When in 1790 the copyright was enacted, it protected published maps, charts and books written by living U.S authors as well as unpublished manuscripts by them. Under this Act the foreign authors were…

The debate over how long a copyright should last is one that has been fought for decades. One of the arguments for longer copyrights is based in the idea that if an idea became part of the public domain, it would become obsolete and lose most, if not all, of its value and potential. In this way, public domain is seen as the “place where ideas go to die”. Conversely, one of the argument for shorter copyrights is based around the notion that copyright laws are already too invasive and/or…

labels have had to shut down just because they have no way to bring in enough money to keep it going. Copyright infringement has left a harmful stain on the music and film industry. The big fact of the matter is that so many people are becoming unemployed just because of copyright infringement. The definition of infringement is to do something that does not follow or obey or follow a rule or law. According to the article “Illegal downloading is unethical and is causing undue harm to the…

This first independent Indian Copyright Act is complaint with most international conventions and treaties in the field of copyright. India is a member of the Berne Convention, the Universal Copyright Act (UCC), 1952 and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of 1995. Though India is not a member of the Rome Convention, the Copyright Act, 1957 is fully compliant with this convention. To cope with the challenges posed by the development of new technologies…

In the modern society, some said that online copyright can well-protected the property owners in general. However, many of the people or authorities are having a lawsuit for fighting their legal power for their works. Therefore, it proves that online copyright has both achievement and limitation of it. In addition, our artifact can show the difference and relationship of different related elements in various ways. First of all, copyright can gives patenting a protection. In my own knowledge,…

Technically, it is illegal to download things for free off the internet, and people who work in the music industry sand by that. They say that it cost them money because people are stealing products from artist. The articles Contextualizing the Copyright Debate: Reward vs. Creativity by Nate Anderson and The Internet Debacle: An Alternate View by Janis Ian argue the different reasons on why illegally downloading stuff is right or not. Each article was written in a certain…

Copyright, according to Dictionary.com, is identified as "the legal right granted to an author, a composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work." A set Assortment of ethereal rights acknowledged by the statute to the author, creator and or originator of specific literary or artistic work, sometimes limited for a certain time period.The privilege is deposed to the creator…

Intellectual property rights help to regulate creative labour. They can include, patents for inventions, and trademarks to help protect market share. They can also refer to copyright; ‘literary works (such as novels, poems and plays), films, music, artistic works (e.g. drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures) and architectural design’. Intellectual property rights grant owners exclusive rights. These rights enable them to carry out specific acts, while at the same time, excluding…

Give it Up Marvin Gaye's’ family sued Pharrell and Robin Thicke for copyright infringement claiming “Blurred Lines” sounded too similar to “Got to Give it Up”. The guest rapper T.I and the record label, Universal Records were also included in the suit due to their involvement in the song. While Pharrell, the co writer to “Blurred Lines”, was clearly influenced by Gayes work, which he admits to, he did not break any copyright laws. Pharrell made sure that the two song differed in melody, harmony,…

clothes would be distributed. The following report will explore intellectual property, including copyright and trademarking, as well as creative commons in order to determine how they will protect their line from facing any…