Week 8 looked at defining the boundaries of copyrighting capabilities and discussing the threats, limitations and advantages of copyright. Creative commons were also discussed as an alternative to copyrighted materials and why creators may choose to share substance this way (copyright free) over ensuring their profits and authorship through copyrighting.
For me personally, I've always known the basis of what copyright is however didn't fully understand where, or how the borderlines of what can be protected, were established. I found it interesting that you can copyright every piece of material a human can produce, but not an idea. I also found it a little controversial that there are a list of exceptions to the copyrights, such as 'parody's' and material used to report news or current events. I wonder why parodies would be excepted as it opens up creators to immediately be reproduces in a humorous and often sarcastic manner with out reprimand.
TUTORIAL
I have been using Firefox after downloading it freely about a month ago and have found it as a web browsing program extremely easy to navigate and well worth looking for an alternative to the already installed standard browser Internet Explorer which came installed on my new laptop.
It was a good experience and a nice alternative to illegal downloads. After 'trialing it' I am happy with the program and if it were not already free, would even consider purchasing it properly.
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