If you have any questions about the definition of copyright, what it supports, or how it affects our society through jobs or economic growth, you can now get an eight minute tutorial on the Copyright Alliance’s website.

The video takes you from the perspective of our founding fathers on rights of authors to the impact of technological innovation on copyright. It addresses how “disruptive technologies,” specifically computers and the internet, impact artist and creator rights. It makes the point that the internet does not require us to rethink copyright, but it is the greatest invention ever devised to encourage creativity. Therefore, we should not abandon one for the other, but we should encourage integration and use of both.

It further emphasizes that copyright leads to creativity, which affects the number of jobs in the United States and around the world. These jobs, of course, significantly contribute to the economy.

To view the video, go to the homepage of the Copyright Alliance and click on the video under “introduction to copyright.”

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 4:14 pm by Lucinda M. Dugger and is filed under copyright law, education. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.