Copyright Rights!!

Today's presentation of copyright and plagarism by Ms. Graves taught me new thoughts about the importance of copyright. I never thought someone could get sued for the use of someone else' s work or violating the copyright laws. One particular issue is the use of a deceased author or creator and their work. Most believe anyone could take another person's work if they are dead because they are not benefitting from the proceeds. Others feel there are certain ways to go about copyrighting a deceased author's work. I agree a deceased author's work should be credited and copyrighted if in use by the public because the author might have signed for the proceeds to contribute to somewhere else. The proceeds of using the work could benefit a children's hospital or particular charity. So even though, the author is dead, their work could be the only factor to contribute to a certain cause. A person should be prosecuted if they were illegally copyrighting a deceased author's work without proper citation and a license of legal copyright. There are many laws and rules on what is "fair use" and what is not. Any person who so ever uses another person's work should be able to know the copyright laws and how to incorporate the laws into legal use. It is always better to copy right than to copy illegally.