LIB 1201: Research and Documentation for the Information Age

When i first came across the word Copyright when i was younger, i always thought that it meant that you have the right to film or write a book about something that you came up with yourself. I guess i was half way right about what it meant, but if you look up the word copyright it clearly states that “it is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is “the right to copy”, but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights.” That is what Copyright really means, i do like how Mr.Faden explains what Copyright means in his YouTube video A Fair(y) use tale, he used the Walt-Disney Characters to explain what Copyright means and how far you can go with it, basically to me he is explaining your rights and limitations on how far copyright can be used. To me the video was funny but very useful to know about, he draws our attention using cartoon characters to explain his point.This clearly makes you think that if you use copyright the wrong way you could pay a price for it.