Copy? Yes? No?

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In this article, the author stated that copyrighted issues are getting serious in the Internet. The author has used several news issues as an example regarding to the copyright issues. The author stated that fair use allowed copyrighted materials reposted for others to comment, debate, research or for teaching but yet online materials were stolen or copied. Many authors have claimed that their ‘belonging’ were being stolen and sold by others. Furthermore, journalists have to emphasize more on copyright issues, as copyright policy is crucial in journalism field. Journalists may face problems when they plagiarize materials. However, editors have neglected this plagiarism issues, and excuse were given, as they are trying to work faster. In conclusion, both journalists and bloggers should be more alert when comes to copyright issues.

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According to Your Right (2008), copyright is defined as a legalize right to stop others from copying or make use on the authors’ material without the permission. However, According to The Central of Media (2009), fair use is defined as the permission is given to make use on other authors’ copyrighted materials such as repost, comment, debate, discuss and so. With the existence of fair use, I myself as a student is legally allowed to make use on copyright materials in a proper way, which it does help me a lot when it comes to research. Copyright has become a critical issue in this digital age where the Internet allows the sharing of information and the capability of copying (Poor, 2008). With the growth of Internet, copying and plagiarism have become easier and hard to prevent, as information is just one click away. As the article has mentioned, journalists tends to plagiarize the other authors’ materials in order to work faster but where it is an unethical action in journalism. In conclude, copyright issue is critical in the Internet and the related organization should have be more concern about the issue.

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References:

1. Pichon, F 2011, Copyrighted Material: Fair and Unfair Use, Editorsweblog, 22 June, viewed on 5 November 2011, http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2011/06/copyrighted_material_fair_and_unfair_use.php

2. Centre for Social Media 2011, The code of best practices in fair use for media literacy education, viewed 5 November 2011, http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education

3. Your Right 2011, Meaning of Copyright, viewed on 5 November 2011, http://www.yourrights.org.uk/yourrights/right-of-free-expression/copyright-and-allied-property-rights/meaning-of-copyright.html

4. Poor, N 2008, 'Copyright Notices in Traditional and New Media Journals: Lies, Damned Lies, and Copyright Notices', Journal Of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol. 14, no. 1, pg. 101-126, Communication & Mass Media Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 5 November 2011, http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=8ec3bc83-8c3a-431c-84fb-29c4db4aa6b3%40sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=105