Do You Know the Law?

    Many people do not actually know what Copyright is prior to learning; everyone has a different answer because they are not so sure what it might be. Before we learned about Copyright and Piracy I only knew a little bit from what we learned in English class. After we had talked in class I realized that my definition was close to what it actually is but not nearly as detailed. I didn’t think that the fine for copying someone’s work was as high as it is. If people realized how big the consequences were maybe it would limit the number of people who copy things illegally.

    Many artists have had issues with Copyright infringement probably because most of them do not know that there is another song out there that is like theirs. For example in 2007 country singer Tim McGraw was filed with a 20 million dollar lawsuit. He was being filed with this because the singer and song writer James Martinez said that Tim’s song “Everywhere” was like his song “Anytime, Anywhere Amanda.” I do not think that it is right because he filed this many years after the song was written and Tim’s song writers should be the ones taking the blame because he did not even write the song. Tim even said that he has never heard of Martinez’s song. This case is still pending but, according to the copyright law and fair use it clearly says that he is breaking the law if he is found guilty. He is breaking the law because he used some of someone else’s work without their permission and he did not change enough of it to make it his own.

Advances in Our Society

     Over the years technology has had many advances in our culture. Many people in our world only depend on using different sources of technology.  In our society today you cannot go one day without using some sort of technology. Other countries who do not have as much probably think we are crazy for depending on it as much as we do. They can get by perfectly fine without all the different technology that we take for granted. Everyone has gotten used to it now and if something happens where it stops working people would not know what to do. There is even some technology that we do not have access to that the government controls.

     As a teenager all of us use technology for everything. Some time it can become a little overwhelming with all of the new things that are out these days. What can you do though, it is a part of our lives, which we have an odd connection with? We use technology for school work, talking to our friends, just having fun, and for many other ways. Also, there is much more progress in the making of video game graphics and the new systems that are causing people to become addicted.

     I think that the future of technology is going to overpower the rest of our nation. I believe that when our children and our grandchildren are around there will not be much use for paper or pens. People will be typing everything and not doing much writing down on paper. Then I see in the near future that students will not be using schoolbooks, because now we are not using books for some of our classes, they are online. I also see the medical field having more cures for different diseases from using all of the new and advanced technology. In the future there could be many different ways of imagining things and even feeling like you are there. I can see many new inventions coming out over years to come.