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This was Jermaine's copyright post. (My response is below)
Copyrights are the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary or artistic. There are several myths and facts about copyrights and copyrighting. One major fact is you must first ask for permission before using copyrighted material in your new project. When someone owns the copyright to something you have to give the creator visible credit in writing. If you do not remember to give proper credits you will not face a legal battle in most cases. It’s not likely someone will come knocking on your door. However, if you are generating a significant amount of money and popularity you will face fines and criminal charges. The main purpose of copyrighting material is to protect the work and most importantly it is a marker which reflects who created what and when. Similar to a race, one would need to get their bid in first. For example, if two people are working on identical concepts the first one to copyright in D.C. wins. It is recommended to copyright all of your artistic and literary material. You can do so by visiting www.copyright.gov.
My response:
Hi Jermaine!
It sounds like you are very familiar with copyright issues. From your past class work and recordings, I saw that you are a very talented songwriter and musician. Your engineering skills are very smooth! That probably requires you to be aware of copyright laws more intently so you can protect your music. I appreciate your depth of understanding in your copyright blog and I like your analogy of the copyright race. We all need to prove our timestamp for our artistic creations. The web has helped make that a bit easier; however, I still believe in the power of the U.S. Copyright office. I submit my materials to them so that everything gets a registration number. I think that there is no enforceable protection until legitimate copyright registration has been obtained. Thank you for sharing the copyright office site link. I know that the new online filing system is significantly different than in the days when only physical paper registrations were made. I had submitted several of those and smile at the fact that technology has changed our world so much. Thanks for your inspiring blog post!!!
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