Overwrought copyright: Why copyright law from the Analog Age does not work in the Digital Ages society and classroom
In this article, the authors argue that copyright law, conceived of in an analog age, yet made stricter in our present Digital Age, actively stifles creativity among todays student creators, both by its bias toward content owners and its legal vagueness. They also illustrate that copyright law is too stringent in protecting intellectual content, because physical and virtual objects have different properties. They conclude with a call to revise copyright for new media content that meets the needs of both content creators and pre-existing media content owners, and that, most importantly, benefits the education of the creative and innovative mind in todays mediacentric classrooms.
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