The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell or distribute the matter and form of something is the best way to define the term copyright. Public domain in the other hand is very self explanatory, it is the state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole. Copyright does not protect matters such as an idea or a system or process but a manuscript, a recording, painting or blueprint or sculpture.
Generally when speaking of public domain no permission is needed to copy or use public domain works. The reason for this is because either they are ineligible for copyright protection or its an expired copyright. Many students as well as faculty staff rely on upon this type of information.
Jana Quinn states in her article “Who owns creative content” that she thinks the power balance is what makes negotiating publishing rights , distribution rights and other details of creative content such a struggle. I totally agree with her and my reason for saying that is because of the many new artists in the industries today have zero money and only his/her own art. Thats when a skillful executive paying as little as possible while maintaining as much control over the property as possible come in. She clearly says that without the creators invention and arrangements of words and images as well as sounds , the art would not exist. I personally believe that the copyrights are as up to date as they can get for the time being. It is protecting the authors and publishers as well as producers and other artists. As opposed to how the copyright laws where back then they have come a far way.
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