This topic was really interesting. I didn’t know that there are so many laws protecting the content on Intellectual property. I did know about the copyright laws of photography, illustrations, artwork, trademark, movies but there are other laws of Intellectual Property which protect content far beyond that. They protect almost all the intangible assets of creative form. Well in my opinion there should be such laws.
Stealing money, property or valuable items is a major crime and anyone who would commit that would certainly have all the chances of being behind bars. Thankfully, stealing intellectual property does not have so strict laws but they do protect one’s creative assets.
On the other hand I completely agree to the fact as my classmate Monica Sicilia has mentioned, that one needs some ideas to start our own work. As a novice in the field of web-designing I study some codes of HTML, CSS and scripting from various websites. Also when I start with a design or any form of creative work I go through references.Even before writing this blog I read many articles. But the final form of my work is my own intellectual property. It is creative in its own form and different from others. In all case I would certainly like to protect its design and content from plagiarism. And also to be noted that I have not copied other’s work but just made a fair use of it as a reference.
Moreover the law of copyright does not say ‘Never to reproduce a form of intellectual property’. It only demands the permission or the proper compensation given to original artist, which in my opinion should be considered fair. This topic reminds me of a hit movie, ‘ 3 idiots ‘ (2010) in Bollywood (Indian ) theatres which made a lot of money. The movie was mainly based upon a novel ‘Five Point Someone’- a novel by an upcoming writer ‘Chetan Bhagat’. There was a major controversy going on for quite a long period of time for not giving appropriate credit to the writer. Also it is ethically injustice to forget the contribution of the base artist of the successful work. There are many re-make of movies, music, digital albums, art forms , creative content which in its form is good but proper credits and acknowledgement should be given to the creator of the work.
It is an irony but one thing that I noticed while reading the articles was that the right and issues of Intellectual property were brought to light, as for example in case of Shepard Fairey’s - HOPE poster , OBEY poster or of Monica Claudio content writing only when the new form of work reached heights of success. There is a famous quote ‘ Success has many fathers but failure is often an orphan’. Whatever the case may be, due importance should be given to the original creator.
In today’s world where we give importance to creativity, innovation, art, originality, design, concept, ideas, knowledge, wisdom – one should certainly respect and abide by the laws of intellectual property.
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