Copyright

             Copyright the is legal ownership of a work. It is the right of authors to control the use their work for a certain time. Copyright work must be original and cannot be taken from someone else without permission. This can be in many forms of information. For example written text, images, music, sound recording, program source code, motion picture, choreograph and architecture. Before January 1 1978 in order for a work to be copyrighted it had to be published first. Works created after this date are protected by coyright for a limited amount of time.
             The Copyright laws originated in the United States Constitution. The Copyright office of the Library of Congress is responsible for the copyright law. The Federal courts help enforce the laws made by the Congress. For example copying ideas, procedures, methods, and systems is illegal. There are many other restrictions as well. Titles names and slogans are not copyrightable. Facts, news and research are also not allowed to be copyrighted.
             There are many reasons why copyright is important but one of the most important reason is that it provides rights to the authors in order to have their work protected. It is only for a limited time but it is very safe and secure. Copyright is also important because it was made to inspire learning and creativity.

Reflection Journal #1

Why are you starting this blog?

       The reason why I'm starting this blog is to display my work. I would also like to share this with others who aren't familiar with digital designing. Doing this will allow me to become more exposed to other people that do designing and will help me prepare for constructive criticism. Another reason why I want to create this blog is so that my father can see it. He does a lot of things involving computers and I want to show him that I have knowledge about technology and Digital Design. As a result of this i will become a better designer and thinker. I will learn from my mistakes and improve daily. Hopefully this will help me improve my grade for this year and make my teacher proud.