Internet Copyright
The internet has gone through many major advancements in recent years. In the age of Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and blogs the internet is a source for endless information and constant instant communication. Websites quickly went from being owned only by established businesses to virtually anyone who wanted one. With all this personal work, many have been asking questions about internet copyright laws. Do internet copyright laws exist? The answer to that question is yes, internet copyright laws do exist and they are very clear and simple. However, it is a very difficult task to keep an eye on the millions, possibly billions of websites that exist on the internet.
Since most people are not aware of the internet copyright laws, there is one huge misconception about internet copyright law. Many people believe that if a certain piece of work or image does not have a copyright mark or is not listed as being copyrighted, it is not copyrighted. This is not true. Internet copyright law suggests that everything on an original website is copyrighted and is protected by internet copyright law. It is possible and rather likely that people are breaking internet copyright law on a daily basis. Especially with the popularity of blogs constantly growing, people could very easily copy and paste information, opinions, images, audio, links and anything else found on websites on their own site. Breaking internet copyright law can result in punishments, however, it is near impossible to keep track of who does what on the internet. Also, many in the general public are not sure as to who is responsible for maintaining law and order on the internet.
With further internet advancements will come more responsibilities. Even though it seems as if websites go on forever like numbers, there are people who believe there should be a system in place to enforce internet copyright law. Both businesses and independent websites include information and images that belong to the owner or owners of the website. Just like someone can not legally produce and sell merchandise with an official sports logo on it, the same theory should apply to someone who wants to copy and paste another website’s developed research, opinions or images onto their website. The internet is arguably one of the best advancements in technology in recent history. However, just because it is new does not mean it can not be regulated.