Introduction to Mass Communication, Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley J. Baran

Worksheet 14-2 Copyright Cop

Search the net and try to find instances of copyright infringement – inappropriate use of intellectual property (text and images).

Were you able to find copyright infringement online? Yes No

  1. If you were able to find suspected copyright infringement, what content did you find? Specifically, how did you decide it was inappropriate? If you were not able to find potential infringement, list specific places you looked or strategies you used to try to find it.

  1. Assuming you did find content that was "lifted" without permission from another source, what’s the big deal? Why should anybody care? Aren’t there advantages to information being "free" for anyone to use? Isn’t that the hallmark of the Internet and also of democracy? Defend your position.
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