Copyright

I am pretty well-versed in the laws of copyright due to a previous multimedia course I was enrolled in, but there a few pointers that Mr. Hardin brought up that made me re-evaluate my thoughts on copyrights.

For starters, I did not think of the process that Disney and other companies could use in order to re-copyright a character. So even though the expiration for Disney's Mickey Mouse might be coming up within the next decade or so, as long as they keep making new shows and/or movies with him in it, it is still their property.

Another interesting topic that was brought up was how copyright allows creativity to flourish. Without copyright laws anyone could claim rights to any given work that was already produced. Granted some people might still do that if they're tricky enough and the other party is stupid enough, but copyrights nowadays at least let people feel secure that their work is safe.

And in support of copyright I now publish the blog... COPYRIGHTED'D'D



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