Aspects about © laws

  Positive:

• Protection against unmeant usage
• Copyright exists from the moment a work is created – registration is voluntary
• Lasts for the lifetime of the creator + 70 years
• the creator of the work holds the copyright and therefore the exclusive right to the reproduction and distribution of it

 Negative:

• You will have to register if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement
• Works, which are published in public domains are not or no longer copyrighted
• To “use” a copyrighted work, you must either have the copyright holder’s permission, or you must qualify for a legal exception such as “fair use”
• Current technology allows quick and convenient access to a range of copyrighted works – this ease of access may result in the use of works without a full understanding of rights and user responsibilities.