EOC week 4: Copyright laws

EOC week 4: Copyright laws

Copyright laws is a legal device that gives a creator protection of a literary, artistic, musical or any other creative work sole rights of ownership and legal rights to publish and sell that work. Copy right owners have the right  to control the reproduction of their work. This includes the right to receive payment for their wok. They also may sell those rights to others. If people or companies violate this law its considered infringement and could be taken to court. Initial Ownership.—Copyright in a work protected under his title vests initially in the author or authors of the work. The authors of a joint work are co-owners of copyright in the work. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.pdf .  The IRS is using computer software that hasn’t yet been paid for. According to a audit says that the tax agency is violating copyright laws. To use someone copyright you have to pay for the use of the copyright. The person that developed this software is in ownership of it and must be paid or compensated accordingly, “Until the IRS implements an effective program to manage software licenses, the IRS is incurring increased risks in managing software licenses. These risks include: 1) not complying with licensing agreements that could result in embarrassment, legal problems, and financial liability; 2) not using licenses in the most  cost effective manner; and 3) not effectively using licensing data to reduce software purchase and software maintenance costs,”  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/20/audit-irs-may-be-breaking-software-copyright-laws/#ixzz2ifETUP1m. There a lot of in and outs of copyright laws and it seems like it can get a little difficult to understand, but the main components are that the copyright laws protects the original expression as soon as it is turn into a tangible form. Copyright laws would now protect that expression. It protects the original work weather or not a notice of the copyright exists on the copy of work. Copyright laws give their creator of the work the right to protect their work from unauthorized use by others. IT may not be duplicated, preformed, or distributed without the consent of the owner. There are, however, several fundamental items that are not eligible for copyright protection: ideas, facts, titles, names, procedures, and works not fixed in tangible form. Copyright only protects the form in which these ideas or facts are expressed, not the ideas or facts themselves. https://www.cu.edu/irm/stds/copyright/quicksum.html