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Garrett451Copyrighted: Because I saw it first!!!
February 2nd 2008 03:03
Copyrighting is a well established concept designed to protect people and their intellectual property from theft. Much like laws that govern the theft of physical and monetary property ideas and creations are no different. Are any of man's creations truly original?
This is an issue that could be viewed by a thousand different people a thousand different ways. However I find it rather safe to say that nothing, in all of our glory, we've created is truly original. Much of human innovation is simply alteration and compilations of concepts naturally found in this world and built upon as we go.
Take for example this article. As I'm writing it, do I have ownership over it? If so- do I really deserve it? After all, I'm using a language and symbols that I did not invent to transfer my thoughts. I'm using a formatted website to publish my thoughts. Do these people deserve any credit for contributing to the final product? The law says - no.
Lets take it to the next level then. I'm writing about copyright and the concepts behind it, therefore shouldn't the individual who first came up with the idea of copyrights have some ownership of my article? I'm using that person's concept as the basis and topic of my article. Am I a thief? Again, the law says - no.
This can be said about any invention in the history of the world. Does the auto-maker "Ford" owe payment to the cave-man who "invented" the wheel? After all, their cars and trucks can't exactly own the road without wheels.
Lets say I create my own new word: "Copyrighteous" and I start enacting this phrase as commonplace in my writing and speaking. I have crafted this creation of my own mind and without awareness of it's use anywhere else in existence. However - If this word is already copyrighted elsewhere by another person it is not my creation any longer. I lose my creation to the person who snagged it first despite my thought and creative efforts, as meager as they are.
So my question is: "In the grand betterment of the world, just how beneficial is copyrighting and does it serve in the masses and advancement of the human race? Or is it a tool for profit and capitalistic exploitation?"
You tell me. Just don't use my words. I saw them first.
This is an issue that could be viewed by a thousand different people a thousand different ways. However I find it rather safe to say that nothing, in all of our glory, we've created is truly original. Much of human innovation is simply alteration and compilations of concepts naturally found in this world and built upon as we go.
Take for example this article. As I'm writing it, do I have ownership over it? If so- do I really deserve it? After all, I'm using a language and symbols that I did not invent to transfer my thoughts. I'm using a formatted website to publish my thoughts. Do these people deserve any credit for contributing to the final product? The law says - no.
Lets take it to the next level then. I'm writing about copyright and the concepts behind it, therefore shouldn't the individual who first came up with the idea of copyrights have some ownership of my article? I'm using that person's concept as the basis and topic of my article. Am I a thief? Again, the law says - no.
This can be said about any invention in the history of the world. Does the auto-maker "Ford" owe payment to the cave-man who "invented" the wheel? After all, their cars and trucks can't exactly own the road without wheels.
Lets say I create my own new word: "Copyrighteous" and I start enacting this phrase as commonplace in my writing and speaking. I have crafted this creation of my own mind and without awareness of it's use anywhere else in existence. However - If this word is already copyrighted elsewhere by another person it is not my creation any longer. I lose my creation to the person who snagged it first despite my thought and creative efforts, as meager as they are.
So my question is: "In the grand betterment of the world, just how beneficial is copyrighting and does it serve in the masses and advancement of the human race? Or is it a tool for profit and capitalistic exploitation?"
You tell me. Just don't use my words. I saw them first.
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