Copyright

Copyright is only granted to well-known authors, musicians and filmmakers.

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Sam buys a new band's CD but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells it on eBay. This is legal. 

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The sole purpose of copyright is to help artists make money and to keep their work from being stolen. 

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Amy tells Daniel about her summer vacation, and he says he'd love to see pictures. She uses a file-sharing program to upload her photos so he can download them. This is copyright infringement.

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Jason copies the entire last chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to his blog without providing any additional commentary. Since he only used part of the work, Jason is protected by fair use. 

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Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from Flickr.com's Creative Commons (CC). She follows the rules of the photographers' CC licenses and uses them in a digital video about sustainable agriculture. What she has done is legal. 

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Dwight finds a music sharing website on which members upload and share music. He owns all but one of his favorite band's albums, and since he doesn't have the money to purchase the latest album, he downloads it to his computer, which is legal. 

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Paula read an interesting article about the making of the movie, Titanic. She wants to use a quote from the article in a paper for one of her classes, but can't because it would be a violation of copyright. 

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The Public Domain is a research station in Antarctica. 

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Adam recorded a video for his YouTube channel about the upcoming Senate elections. He includes a photo of the incumbent senator that he found on the Senate's website. He's just committed copyright infringement. 

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