Essays on Copyright

Intellectual property means the property created by a person with his/her own intellect or with some unique idea which already is not in existence and is totally new for everyone. The right created on such property of the creator as the owner of the property…

Technology is pushing forward at an incomprehensible rate. In just the past ten years, things like Facebook and Skype were coming out for the first time! The bulky iPods were a teen’s best friend, and there was no such thing as a smart phone (2004:…

Copyright law has been in a constant state of flux since it was first introduced several centuries ago. However, nothing has challenged this area of law quite as much as the technological advances over the course of the last several decades. Advancement in media technology,…

In the long term, plagiarism benefits nobody. It can be a short term benefit for somebody who gets away with it, but at some point they will have cheated themselves out of the knowledge and experience they falsely claim. Having your work plagiarized by somebody…

Copyright is a concept or right of cognitive property that prohibits an entity from replicating the substance or composition of another person without his or her remittance. The possession of copyright goes to the ‘first owner’. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, demonstrate that the…

Goal of Copyright: Copyright laws have been associated with two main broad objectives that it is intended to meet. These objectives are; Economics and the public interests and the moral rights of the creators. In terms of economics and the public interest, the goals of…

Plagiarism, despite its legal consequences, continues to be rampant in the personal and professional domains. With the market being so fragmented, it’s becoming more and more complicated for media owners to get an understanding of where all their content is getting distributed. Digital technology like…

Royalties are wages an author makes from the sale of books, which is a % of the list price; the price is determined before you publish your book for Kindle. Amazon does allow you to choose a price for your title from 99 cents to…

Ever since middle school I have heard copyright, trademark, patent, plagiarism and fair use used over and over again but never really knew specifically what they meant until now. I kind of just grouped them together and naively assumed they were basically synonyms for one…

Superman Copyright Lawsuit Superman is the most well known Superhero of all times making billions of dollars over the years. However, most people don’t know the history behind the ownership of Supermans copyrights. While Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the character Superman in 1933…