Blog Post: Files and its copyrights in the worldwide internet

           


There are many things that we could see in the internet such as songs, movies, video clips, images, everything that want to have is in the internet. Just like what I do most of the time, sometimes when I want to watch some drama myself, I always watch online or even download it, but I never notice or think about where does the file come from and is it legal to download. I think that it is okay to let internet users download things like music they want to listen, images they want to save, he drama that people like to watch only IF they put credits such as where does the file originally come from, in another word, copy rights. Basically you're 'stealing' if you didn't put the copyrights. Sometimes we could see some videos from different owner, and probably you just don't know who is the one that really owns this file. Its bad for both the owner and the viewer because the owner might not want their video stolen from other people. I always check the video clips like piano tutorials or piano covers, and of course they'll play the same songs but in the description, they always tell the viewer where did they get the sheet music from, and if they transcript the song themselves they wouldn't say its from me but instead they would post a link saying that they got inspired by this user in YouTube and if the viewers want to watch more videos from his 'own' channel then subscribe and he/she does also mentioned to subscribe the user that he/she got the sheet / inspiration from; which is good, they did the copyrights and they put credits and everything .

Major Concept:

Basically the whole article is just about the 'copyrights'. If you didn't have any copyrights when you upload files, it could be illegal. For an example, drama that is categorized in episodes, there must be copyrights from the company of the channel that plays this drama and the company of this drama. Not only videos, and so do the images, musics, etc. 'Copyrights' is just respecting the owner otherwise, the owner could actually sue you for stealing. 

Advantages & Disadvantages:

It is good that people put copyrights because if you put it, the owner of the file won't be either aggressive or irritating and just by putting the copyrights, we can watch tons and tons of videos online! which is good for those people that YouTube every day.

It is bad because because of that, people start to not buy the real version of either songs, drama, magazine etc... everything that are download-able ! So it would be bad for those singers or actress.

Question:
Why does people still don't do copyrights or credits when they upload things online? Whatever I've downloaded before were mostly like that...

Citation:
Hill, Amelia. "Internet Users Unaware of Illegal Downloading." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 21 Apr. 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2013. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/22/internet-users-unaware-illegal-downloading>.