1. COPYRIGHT

2.  Designs and Patents Act protects people’s original work from being used without their permission  All the original work is copy right. The person who creates the work owns the copyright to reproduce, adopt or sell it.  Copyrights owners can use Creative Commons Licences to allow certain uses of their work. For example make an image free fro educational purposes.

3. WHY BOTHER WITH COPYRIGHT  People spend time and money creating assets  If the create can not get paid for what they created they will not be able to create more.

4. CONSEQUENCES OF ILLEGAL FILE SHARING  You can be prosecuted  Your ISP may prevent you from using the internet  If found guilty you could be sent to prison  It has a huge impact on the music and film industries

5. EXAMPLES OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (BREAKING COPY RIGHT LAW)  Sharing videos and music over the internet  Copying and distributing copyright files, such as given some one a copy of a album you just bought  Pretending they someone else’s work is your own, such as copying information and use it as yours in an essay.

6. MICHAEL USES A SEARCH ENGINE TO CHOOSE AN IMAGE TO GO ON HIS BLOG. EXPLAIN HIS LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN USING  Seek permission form the author/creater to protect the intellectual property rights

7. QUESTIONS  Give two harmful effects to the music industry of the illegal copying and sharing  Toby asks Freddie to copy a game for him. Stet why Freddie should not do this