How much do you know about copyright? Copyright means the legal right to be the only producer or seller of a book, play, film, or record for a specific length of time. Many people are not interested in copyright so they often infringe upon it. To know about copyright is important. Therefore, we conducted a survey of 300 students to figure out their knowledge of copyrights.
First of all, we give them 5 true-false questions about copyright. Question number one is: The copyright disappears if the author dies. The answer is ¡®False¡¯. 91% of students gave the right answer. Copyright is available for 70 years after the author dies. Question number two is: It is an infringement of copyright if we uploaded music which we downloaded from online music websites legally on our blog. The answer is ¡®True¡¯ and 72% students correctly answered. Question number three is: It is an infringement of copyright if a hospital shows a movie for free for patients in a hall. The answer is ¡®True¡¯. Only 37% students gave the right answer. Question number four is: It is not an infringement of copyright if someone shows highlights of a movie which is edited. The answer is ¡®False¡¯. More than half of students gave the wrong answer. Through these questions we recognize that students don¡¯t know well enough about copyright. Remember, you cannot use others¡¯ works for a commercial purpose which you buy for a personal purpose and you should be permitted before you use others¡¯ works.
Next, we asked ¡®What do you think is the main reason that people infringe copyright?¡¯ They don¡¯t know that they infringe copyright.¡¯(54%) and ¡®They think it is waste of money.¡¯(46%) account for similar percentages.
Most students feel the need to protect copyright so we asked them ¡®What do we have to do to protect copyright?¡¯ 34% of students said it is important to promote copyright information (30%). And then, education about it (30%), toughen penalties for pirates (22%) and strengthen the crackdown on illegal downloading sites (14%) are followed.
Jo Yu-Na -
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