Copyright Nov. 5
November 25, 2018
Ownership can be determined through both, labor and contract. Someone who puts all of the work into a project deserves ownership. Through their ownership, they are allowed to pass the torch onto someone else.
Contractual ownership takes a few different forms in the legal system such as:
Patents: apply to inventions others cannot use it without getting permission from you and paying you a fee to use it.
Trademark: you cannot open a store and call it McDonald’s because they own the name.
Copyright: for written works. It is temporary.
and then there is another form of ownership, Corporation. These are made in order to protect the individual from legal repercussions. Since a corporation isn’t exactly a person it becomes immortal. The question I have is any of this fair?
In a way, this is a means to keep the 1% exclusive by keeping the money within the inner circle, but on the other side of the spectrum, it makes it possible to protect the vulnerable middle class from being taken advantage of. I believe that it only will work if it remains to be well regulated.