Overwrought copyright: Why copyright law from the Analog Age does not work in the Digital Age’s society and classroom |
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Authors: | J Patrick McGrail Ewa McGrail |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Communication, Jacksonville State University, College of Education and Professional Studies, 700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA;(2) Georgia State University, College of Education, 30 Pryor St., Atlanta, GA 30303, USA |
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Abstract: | 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 today’s 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 today’s mediacentric classrooms. |
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