EDUC 631 Copyrights

EDUC 631 - Foundation of Educ. Tech Online Learning – Copyrights

My YouTube Video: Copyrights

https://youtu.be/Sl7pIRIjqUk

For this week discussion board blog, I choose topic 5: “What are the unique copyright issues present in the corporate, for-profit training sector?”

My reading and research, revealed copyrights protects “authorship”, basically, the original work produced by the creator of the material. According to Find Law (2017) website, there are seven categories of copyrighted materials and they are: Literary works, Musical works, Dramatic works, Dancing and Gestures, Pictures, Graphics, and Sculptural works, Motion pictures (movies) and other Sound recordings.

Copyright issues have become a strong media subject and some public debate.  There are legal issues and social uncertainties concerning copyright issues which range from bootlegging, counterfeiting, knock-offs, and just out right theft of someone’s work (Mirghani, 2011, p. 116). According to Mirghani (2011) there has been an increase in information and digital technologies that allows reproduction of others’ copyrighted property which is one of the key reasons for piracy being publicly debated (p. 120).

One of the unique copyright issues in the corporate world is, “Can a corporate officer be held personally liable for the patent infringement of his or her corporation” (Oswald, 2015, p. 557)?  According to Oswald (2015) to understand, one must first comprehend the limits of the liability rules for corporations, shareholders, and officers (p. 560). For corporate structures, there are three primary legal doctrines (corporate, tort, and agency law) that must be considered (Oswald, 2015, p. 560).  We must remember a corporate is a legal entity; separate from shareholders and owners, who cannot be held accountable for corporate wrongdoings. However, under extraordinary circumstances, legal ramifications can be attached to officers and shareholders (Oswald, 2015, p. 560).

References

Find Law. (2017). Current copyright issues. Retrieved from http://corporate.findlaw.com /intellectual-property/current-copyright-issues.html

Mirghani, S. (2011). The war on piracy: Analyzing the discursive battles of corporate and government-sponsored anti-piracy media campaigns. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 28(2), 113-134. doi:10.1080/15295036.2010.514933

Oswald, L. J. (2015). The divergence of corporate officer liability doctrine under patent and copyright law. American Business Law Journal, 52(3), 557-619. doi:10.1111/ablj.12052