Hybrid Assignment #3 – Post2
This topic particularly is intriguing to me because I aspire to be an entertainment attorney who specializes in Intellectual Property Law. I believe that digital media is complicating our relation to copyright and bad things are happening to intellectual property because the laws have not yet caught up to the ever growing world of technology and digital media that exist today. There are so many copyright infringements that are happening today with digital media, and laws are not protecting the authors of the property because there is so much “networked amateurism” that prevents the laws from protecting the property of those who are unaware.
In Chapter 5: “The Double Anchor”, Taylor explains how; “we are moving from a creative economy of scarcity to one of abundance”, which simply means that creativity is null and void and that everything that is posted online is copied, sold, exchanged, traded, and duplicated for capital gain and profit. Taylor also explains that “creative work is available without limit, freely accessible; it tends also to become free of charge”. Therefore, it is unfortunate for the creator of works such as photos, literature, art and song, if the work is used freely and liberally without protection. Digital media is complicating copyright laws because of the gross infringement of works that are not protected because laws have not been set in place to protect the author. It’s unfair and unjust because works are being bought and sold while the creator gets nothing in return.
In an article posted for “Wired.com” by Vitalli Soldatenko entitled: “Copyright and Intellectual Property: Change is Coming” Soldatenko explains that “Our current intellectual property system benefits corporations by complicating the process of protecting the rights of content creators. In an era where opportunities and innovations abound our system is almost a tragic comedy.” He also thinks that we are moving in the direction where authors’ works will be protected, and we can move forward as business and consumer without the complications of creator content being compromised. However, today while the internet has made our lives easier, it certainly has made it a lot more complicated because big corporation benefits and we are lost in this paradox of having things made easy without looking at how and why.
