Week Six: Copyrights
Copyright laws were first created so that artists, inventors, and musicians after publishing a work of art could have a way to claim it as their own. Copyright protected these creators from having their work claimed by someone else as their own. It was made a law in the United States so that all citizens referring to or using another person’s work must state where and when they accessed the material. The cartoon of Calvin and Hobbes pictured on the “assignments” page on the homepage of “the notebook,” violates the copyright regulations and laws as described by the United State’s government. On this site the cartoon is posted with no is clear source for the material included anywhere. The photo does not have a citation that reveals a site where you can find this cartoon’s history, or the history of it’s creator. This citation should also include a source giving the creator credit for the image that he has posted to the public. For this reason it violates copyright laws and regulations. In order to use this cartoon on a website its source must be stated and the author must be credited for his work. Unless this is done the work is in violation of this law.