Monday, September 27, 2010

Copyright Laws

The first post, Top 30 Disney Songs, seems like it has followed copyright laws. It does give the credit to Disney, and each song clip is less than 30 seconds. I also don't think that this stream of songs would negatively affect the market value of any of these movies. The problem is, this is not something that would be used for educational purposes, so I'm not sure if those limitations even apply. If could be violating copyright laws because it is not being used for a fair use purpose. If Disney has been notified of these clips in use, this multimedia has definitely followed copyright laws.

The second post, the Harry Potter trailer, probably followed copyright laws as well. The main reason I believe this is because I have seen movie trailers get taken off You Tube because of copyright violations. This trailer does give credit to the company and the movie. And having the trailer on You Tube gives so many people access to the movie, that it will help movie ticket sales when it comes out. So, I still believe this trailer is not in offense to the copyright laws.

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