Monday, March 31, 2008

Reflection CopyRight/CopyLeft

The copy right people are very strict about sharing their work. They closely watch how their works are used mainly to keep the money in their pockets. They would not want anyone to interfere with the flow of money that they receive from their copy righted product. Companies such as Disney are worried about their image. Which is a bit funny because it is known that many Disney movies contain crude material hidden in its images. Those were not taken out of the movies and that is not good for their image. Copyright protects the copyright holder, they are the one who benefits from the product. The Copyleft believe that material should belong to many people and they believe in innovation of the product. I have to agree with the copyleft group. As I brought up in class I don't think that a copyright should be held on to as long as it is or (forever). The person that comes up with the product is not necessarily the same person that can make that innovation as great as it can possibly be. Therefore, I believe that 14 years is plenty of time for the copyright holder to make the product as best he/she can and then allow someone else to work on it. This should be sufficient time for them to make money, but of course people are greedy and that is all they care about not in product itself. :/

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