Copyright Laws

This week we familiarized ourselves with copyright laws. Though lots of the information was known to me this was still a very important lesson. Beyond my expectations, I found that I learned some things that I did not know. I realize now why things that are not tangible cannot be copyrighted. One thing that was presented to me that I had no idea about was the concept that teachers are not allowed to bring a video in to class from home and show it to their class because it violates copyright laws. That was strange to me and to this day I still do not understand why. We also learned a little about Creative Commons, a group that seeks to help people edit copyright laws on certain things that seem faulty. This group can be really helpful I think, especially with the rising idea of better creations of original works between artists both musically and artistically.

The Creative Commons might be really helpful in my field of advertising because this is a field that can easily be violated by others not applying to copyright laws or violate the laws themselves without even trying to. This lesson was very important because by knowing the information presented, I can protect the work of myself, company and clients from copyright violations.

Since this is such and important issue, here is a link to an article from IndependentDealer about the importance of copyright laws in advertising and marketing.http://www.independentdealer.com/marketing/marketing3.asp