Copyrights, as the book describes it in the literal sense, means "the right to copy". By this, it means that on any product, whether it be a book, movie, TV show, video game, or work of art, they have "the rights to distribute, produce, display, perform, create, and control derivative works based on the original." (Sturken 204)
Every piece of work has a copyright in order to prevent people from copying or stealing the authors' full work without their consent. As long as it has this symbol (©), any and all works made by a person or a corporation can not be copied by anyone else.
However, there are also cases where a work can be copied as long as they promote or add something new to the piece, like the character of Dracula or Sherlock Holmes over the years. If a person or persons are found violating this, it can lead to legal action, as the theft of another's intellectual property is a crime.
For the blog assignment, we ask that you find a piece of media (book, movie, work of art, etc.) that has violated the copyright of another piece of work or accused to have been violating a copyright.
Not every piece of work that has been filed for copyright infringement has to have violated the copyright, but have been claimed to have violated the copyright.
For our own example, we have decided to use a professional picture from a photographer named Lara Jade Coton, whose picture was copied from her Deviantart page and used without her consent as the cover of a pornographic film. Coton sued the film company for copyright infringement and received $130,000 in damages.
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| A professional picture created by photographer Lara Jade Coton |
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| The picture used as a cover for a pornographic film |
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