Copyrights and Licenses
By: Chloe Geddes
Copyright
Noun
the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print publish, preform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material and to authorize other to do the same (Dictionary Definition)What that really means:
It's the right you get as the author of a piece that says no one can copy, use, or share your work without your permission. There are many different section of copyright that do different things so lets get started.
Public Domain
Examples:
Fairy Tales
Classic Literature
Why on Earth would you want to do this?
Well it would be helpful to you if you want your work to gain more publicity but you don't want to see bad things happen to your piece so you can Public Domain your works after you die!
Freeware
Examples:
Skype
iTunes
Why on Earth would you give your work away for free?
Once again people can easily access your work but they can not change what you have written.
Shareware
Examples:
Apps
Smore
Why would I time how long people may look at what I have done?
People will be more likely to buy the full version so that means you get money yet easy access to your material.
All Rights Reserved
Examples:
Software you buy at the store
Why is this good?
You get money for your material and still have a little bit of control over it
Open Source
Examples:
Firefox
Chrome
So what?
Think of this as free editing