Why is there a copyright law?

Answer 1

The intent of copyright law is to protect the rights of creators, and thereby encourage and promote creativity. If anyone could copy what you do, and use and sell it as their own, you would not fully benefit from your own abilities.

If you were a sculptor, but anyone could make money by copying and selling your sculptures, you'd probably need to have a "day job" waiting tables or answering phones, and you wouldn't be able to spend much time making art. Copyright allows you to ascribe value to (and make money from) your intellectual property--and hard work--with the hope that if you're good enough at it, eventually you can do it full time.

Copyright also means that a genuine or authorized reproduction will meet the standards of the original products. Shoddy copies could diminish consumers' opinions of the product, and reduce demand for it.

Basically the copyright laws are set-up to promote the creation of new things and ideas. If the laws didn't exist, then some people might not be willing to share their ideas and we would have fewer new innovations.

Answer 2

Copyright is a bundle of rights ascribed to the creator of the work, allowing him or her to copy, adapt, distribute, or perform/display the work, or allow others to do so. It's important because it makes it viable to create for a living by protecting the creators from exploitation.

Answer 3

So that the rights of authors, singers, designers, and people alike, would be protected.

Answer 4

It's a law that's surprisingly easy to break if you're not paying attention.

Answer 5

It encourages progress and creativity by enabling creators to make a living through their work.

Answer 6

Copyrights Are Important Because if they didn't exist the product could be copied and the Person who copied the product would make money

Answer 7

The intent of copyright law is to encourage creativity by giving creators exclusive control over the products of their imagination and hard work.