Copyright: Right or Wrong

Technology allows copyright infringement to happen a lot more and a lot faster. Napster for instance allowed people, including me, to download and share files in a matter of seconds. In fact, somebody would get mad if it took more than a minute to download. What's to protect anything you create? Laws yes, but people can get past them illegally clearly. Ever seen those pictures that have a words across them? It's probably the smartest way to do it to stop stealing.

Personally, I feel as if Fairey did not illegally take the photo since he claims he was in contact with campaign officials. A lot of people would also say that since the poster was so successful that claims weren't followed through to the fullest. So is that to say that if you steal and your successful enough with the right crowd is it not stealing? Possibly. Personally I believe that if you take a photo for a project, cite it. Its just like a quote for an essay, you have to cite it or fail.

Copyright infringement is definitely morally wrong, but still happens. A lot of people that steal another's idea isn't even published so its not a big deal. Even file sharing only takes out of the million dollar artist pockets. Serious stealing is happening through program sharing and such things as the Obama Hope poster. But program stealing is being prevented by CD's copyright protection and only being allowed to install once. Which further provokes users to go to Kazaa, Napster, Limewire, or any other program that allows file sharing.