Jason Hardin

This week Jason Hardin talked to our class about Copyright laws. I found many aspects of the lecture interesting. I learned about topics such as fair use and Creative Commons. Fair use is a positive defense against charges of infringement. News stations usually take part in this kind of sharing. They will put video clips on their site for advertisement for the video. I think this aspect of the copyright law is good. It promotes information awareness. If getting permission to show a clip was very confusing and labor extensive, it would not be done as frequently.

Creative commons is a site used as an alternative to the requesting a federal copyright. I think CC is a great tool for ordinary people to use to protect themselves. It is an inexpensive and effective way to copyright your work. I think that it is only a matter of time before the government catches up with the approach CC is using.