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=​Authoring and Multimedia and Issues Wiki Assignment =


 * The Question:**


 * The use of digital data covered by Copyright in a multimedia production reflects a lack of creativity and is against the law in all circumstances. Discuss**

Copyright is the right that creators have to stop the users from copying their work or idea without the creators or publishers permission. (Copyright Advisory Group, 2009) Copyright is a legal right given to the authors or the publishers for their work. Under copyright law, the owner has a number of rights including the right to publish the work, the right to make the material available online, the moral rights of their work, and their rights in which the users use their idea or creation. (The University of NSW, 2010)
 * What is Copyright? **
 * Copyright is a set of rights copyright owners have economic and moral rights as well as legal rights.
 * Copyright law aims to protect the creative work of the copyright owner from unauthorised use by others.
 * Copyright law also tries to balance this right with the general public’s right to access information.

Copyright protects the work of creators, such as artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers. Their work is protected as soon as it is created, as long as they have been written down, filmed or recorded. Copyright is automatic. You don’t have to state your work is subject to copyright because the law still abides no matter what, but it is a good idea. You will often see this symbol (©) and that is the copyright symbol. Copyright ownership is different to physical ownership of something. For example, if you buy a DVD or a CD, you own the DVD or CD, but you don’t own the right to copy it and give it someone else etc. The film producer or artist owns copyright in it and you need to have their permission off them if you want to copy it. Difference Between Copyright and Plagiarism ** Copyright is different to plagiarism. Plagiarism is about using someone else’s work and pretending it is your own. Copyright is about having to obtain permission to use someone else’s work. Why is copyright important? ** Copyright is important because it gives creators control over their creative works. This means they can decide who uses their work, how it can be used and if they will charge a fee to those who use it. This gives creators the ability to earn a living from their works. Using other peoples work or ideas without permission is known as copyright theft or piracy. (Copyright Advisory Group, 2009) Copyright and Multimedia ** Components of Multimedia: If you are copying somebody’s work in any of these types of fields I believe you do have a lack of creativity. If you are just using their work for an inspiration I think it is fine depending how it compares to the creators work. If you do copy their work exactly it reflects that you don’t have an imagination or a mind to think of something yourself.
 * How does copyright work? **
 * Text
 * Hypertext
 * Audio
 * Images
 * Animation
 * Video

Many people illegally copy software from others so that they can use it themselves. This means that they do not have to pay for it and the creators of the software lose money. Copying software doesn’t make you uncreative because you are not creating the software yourself you are just illegally copying it because you might not want to pay eg. $300 for that software you want.
 * Copyright and Software **

There are many ways of breaking the copyright law such as downloading music of limewire, copying someone’s work exactly and claiming its yours, making illegal copies for example movies that have not come out in Australia yet. Many of us do this, some without knowing that it is illegal and some knowing it is but continue to do it believing that they won’t get caught.
 * Copyright and The Law **