Final Project: Own arguement and Opinion

Overall it was a great learning experience to sit down and have a conversation with Rut Laurenon.  I agreed with just about every thing we spoke about, and all of her answers to my questions.  This experience gave me a better understanding of where I stand on the knowledge of copyright and patent law.  ” If a court determines that an employment relationship exists, even if the author is not technically employed, the work-made-for-hire rule treats the author as an employee for the purpose of determining copyright ownership.” (Patent, Copyright, and Trademark, Richard Stim, Pg. 341)  Who becomes a part of the infringement process is now made clearer with the interview that I made and information from the book.  ”Under the Copyright Act, a copyright owner is entitled to file an infringement action in federal court against a person who, without proper authorization of the owner makes copies of a copyrighted work.” (Patent, Copyright, and Trademark, Richard Stim, Pg. 280)  Further distribution of unauthorized copies is still subject to infringement, which is something, Rut and I both was same page about. ”Once copyright infringement is established, courts often are willing to issue an order (termed an injunction) to prevent the infringer from making or distributing further unauthorized copies of the original work of authorship.” (Patent, Copyright, and Trademark, Richard Stim, Pg. 282)  If everything is timed perfectly, a plaintiff can have all of their attorney fees reimbursed back to them depending on the judge’s decision in the court room.  “Copyright owners who timely register their copyright and/or record their ownership interest also qualify to have their attorney fees and court costs paid by an unsuccessful defendant.” (Patent, Copyright, and Trademark, Richard Stim, Pg. 281) Also from this learning experience, I now understand that not only are these copyright policies existent within the United States, but internationally, this is process that is not over looked and is also kept within a treaty.  “Over 120 nations have signed treaties in which they agree to extend reciprocal copyright protection to works authored by nationals of the other signing countries as well as works first published in one of the other signing countries.” (Patent, Copyright, and Trademark, Richard Stim, Pg. 285)  I definitely would recommend this tactic to anyone who is looking to cement in their knowledge of copyright law, no matter what their major is.