Proffessional Studies ( Copyright )

Copyright is given to someone who originally created a product, whether it is a illustration or a film if someone and copyright gives the original creator the right to re produce the product or sell it off where if someone who tried to re produce that product they would be committing copyright, the most common case of copyright is the name of products, you find products such as cereals that taste the same but have a separate name and that is because by law they had to change their names or they would be committing copyright.

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Above is the copyright symbol, anything that has this symbol on it is copyrighted and if that product is re produced it is classed as committing copyright.

Intellectual property is were when someone creates a piece of creative work it is automatic classed as copyright and this goes whether it is a physical product, on a piece of paper or if it is digital it will still be classed as copyrighted.

Their is a difference between a trademark and something that is copyrighted, best way for me to describe copyright is if someone has created a illustration and someone is using your illustration to go on t shirts without your authorization, were trade marking could be a logo, name of a company etc, a trade mark is anything that can be related to a certain organisations, company's or groups.

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Some people believe that it is copyright if someone has the same idea which is confusing because that is saying that if someone wants to create a illustration of a goblin and then you do it first that person is copyrighting you, when in actually fact its just a idea, it would only be copyright if someone used your illustration to their own personal benefit and it would be classed as plagiarism is someone used your work at passed it off as your own.

When you create a product it is automatic classed a copyright and you get all the rights to that product so it is illegal for anyone else to use that product without your authorization.


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Primark is one of the biggest contenders in England for copyright and plagiarism and they are frequently being taken to court for stealing designs of clothes from other shops and the images that they put onto their clothing.

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One way on making your work yours is by watermarking it so that if someone trys to the steal the image digitally it will stop them and if they try to print the product onto say  a t shirt it will prove that they have plagiarised and copyrighted your work.

Registering your work is another way to help copyright your work other then it being copyrighted automatic, when you register your work onto a website it keeps key details and information that your work has so if it does come to the time where your work is being copyrighted you can go back to the registration and you have the proof that it is your work.

Copyright can affect everyone not just in the creative industry but anyone who works in a industry which you need to create a final product, one of the biggest ways that it can affect you is through you losing money, by law a company or organisation uses your product and doesn't inform you or get your authorization you can take them to court for copyright because they will be making profit from your product and you will be making nothing.