Copyright

I learned a whole lot from Jason Hardin’s copyright talk. In my opinion, one of the most interesting things he pointed out is the difference between copyright and plagiarism. While copyright is actually a criminal offense, plagiarism is more like an “academic sin.”  Copyright was started in 1790 when the constitution was written. It serves to protect the original works of authors such as literary, artistic, dramatic and other intellectual works.  Therefore, whenever somebody uses or copies information without the permission of the owner this person is committing copyright infringement and this may even lead to a lawsuit.

Another very interesting topic he talked about was on file sharing which is the practice of sharing computer data such as multimedia, computer programs and documents. This at Trinity is very serious and students have actually been sued for this. Since many students think that sharing music is not a big deal, universities provide alternatives for illegal downloading. I am definitely against the use file sharing because whenever someone downloads songs for example and then makes CDs and actually sells them, it is just morally wrong as well as illegal since this person is selling work that is not even his or her own.

Copyright est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Paternité 3.0 Unported.