Copyright Reaction

My overall reaction to the previously reviewed material on copyrights and creative commons still has not changed – it is also contradiction most individuals.  I believe that copyrights in its current state are a good protective measure on material.  Indeed, copyrighting material has serious limitations on material, which hinders particular avenues of learning, but I like imagine the perspectives of ones who have material floating in the ether. Those who complain about copyrights restricting what they want to use, are the ones who complain the most about having their material “stolen”. I think that those who yell the most about not getting what they want also will yell the most about seeing their work without representation somewhere else. Overall, copyrights do not restrict new-comers too much, because introducing material correctly can be successful.  However, I can agree to some points of individual argument. Any more copyright restrictions will be harmful, because the more restrictions the more piracy and illegal behavior will occur. Perhaps copyrights (or the violation of) should be more clearly defined. There exists a huge grey area of what is copyrighted, and a lack of enforcement of when copyrights are broken. Copyright definitions should be personal; those who want to make their material shall have the right to make it “free”; which does already happen. Furthermore, users should respect those who do not want their material for public use, do not push against the system. Finally, I believe this information is good to review when teaching students about copyrights, so that they can understand giving credit to those who deserve it.