Copyright and Creative Commons

The main take home point I took from Jason Hardin’s presentation to the class was how important copyright is and how serious the consequences may be if you decide to partake in a copyright infringement. A copyright infringement is a crime and with fines up to $10,000 per song; it is definitely something not worth trying to mess around with. I understand that the entertainment industry is only trying to obtain their money’s worth, but are fines that extensive really necessary to college students. I understand that when you download a music or movies without paying for them then it might as well be stealing, but how are you going to charge mere college students about a quarter million dollars for 1 CD they downloaded? I think the penalties should be implemented, but not to the ridiculously drastic measures they are taken to now a days.




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