Why is copyright infringement wrong?

Answer 1

Copyright allows creators to protect their intellectual property for a set amount of time. One situation in which it might be considered wrong to copyright would be if you are attempting to copyright something that was created by someone else and used without their permission.

Answer 2

Works of sufficient originality are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium, so creators aren't really required to take any action. A better question might be "why don't people donate their works to the public domain?" but phrased that way, it seems kind of obvious: they want to keep their intellectual property to themselves.

For many creators, licensing their works is a significant source of income. In countries where the copyright law includes a "moral right," they can also prevent, for example, their songs being used to advertise products they don't support.

Answer 3

It is most likely illegal to copyright due to the many 'famous' people out there. People may take a famous artist, writer, etc's work and claim it as their own and sell it for profit. You'd be surprised, but even with the law, people still do it. They don't get away with it for very long, but they do it, nonetheless.

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When a thing is copyrighted, it means the creator of that thing has put their name on it- "This is mine". When it is copied WITHOUT their permission, it is stealing what is theirs. Copywriting is not the illegal act- TAKING copyrighted material without the permission IS illegal. When you BUY a copyrighted thing- a book, print of a painting, a game- you bought permission to have one copy of that thing. Copyright laws insure that the creator gets rewarded for what they did- not someone else.

Answer 4

In an information-based economy, intellectual property becomes increasingly valued.

Meanwhile, technology continually makes duplication and distribution of intellectual property easier and cheaper.

Put these two together, and you get more and more tension between content creators and content users. Add in the fact that the automatic nature of copyright protection means we're ALL content creators, and it just gets even more messy.

Answer 5

It wouldn't be bad to copyright something, it would be bad to infringe someone else's copyright.

Answer 6

The intent of copyright law is to encourage creativity by making it financially viable to create for a living.

Answer 7

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