Copyright
It sounds daunting and should b bolded in red, however it is a simple concept to grasp. The laws surrounding it can be complex, but copyright in itself is the protection of the author and his or her work. U.S. copyright laws protect most forms of creative expression. Meaning books, music, photographs, video, etc. are all protected under a copyright. In order to use someone else's work you must get permission in writing, be the owner flat out or get it in a public domain. Take Flickr, a photo database online, for example, it has several copyright restriction categories. Some are public domain and can be used by everyone. But some photographs cannot be manipulated and some photographer require an attributed link if their work is shown. For artists and owners of creative expression copyright is the only thing that validates their work in the legal realm. It is a respect for their intellectual property to follow the copyright laws and use their work accordingly.
Business purposes:
Copyright is extremely important in business to protect their product or the products of others. Also, because of one employees mistake the business owner does not want to get sued for copyright infringement. In order to profit from a business, the product has to be protected. One of those ways is making sure copyright infringement does not take place. Business thrives off of creative expression and incentive and strict copyright laws gives way to both of these things.
Try This:
This is a website that shows you how to embed the copyright symbol in your images, graphics, etc. So when someone decides not to follow these rules, still protect your creative expressions!
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