Is watching full movies on YouTube stealing?

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For those saying illegally viewing material protected by copyright is ok, how would you feel if someone stole your property and refused to compensate you?
 
Copyrights can be extended but perpetual copyright is prohibited by the constitution.
 
I am not asking this as a gotcha, I really want to know: why does it bother anyone if someone has a copyright continuing on their art? What right does the public have to it?
 
Irishmom2 said:
I am not asking this as a gotcha, I really want to know: why does it bother anyone if someone has a copyright continuing on their art? What right does the public have to it?
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The government is essentially giving a monopoly – a copyright – to the creator of the work. With that monopoly the creator can decide when and how the work can be used (copied, displayed, performed, etc.).

But that has to be balanced against the rights of society at large. And part of the way the monopoly is balanced is that it doesn’t last forever. The artist gets the benefit of a limited monopoly and society benefits from having works created.
 
Thank you for responding, but my question is still unanswered. Why does the public have a right to someone else’s work?
 
Irishmom2 said:
Thank you for responding, but my question is still unanswered. Why does the public have a right to someone else’s work?
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It works in both directions.

You paint something and I think it’s great. I copy your painting and print it on the t-shirts I sell. Do you think you should have a right to interfere with my t-shirt business? On what basis? I haven’t destroyed your painting; I haven’t prevented you from selling it to a collector; I haven’t done anything to it directly.

Without copyright – including its limitations – you couldn’t stop me from selling my shirts. With copyright laws you have the right to prevent me from re-using your painting. But not forever.
 
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Anyone interested can read about how it works from the US Copyright Office.
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You mean all three of us?
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I beg your pardon… Put me down as number 4. Copyright law has fascinated me since I took a media law class as an undergraduate.

I bet if we looked hard enough we could find number 5.
 
Copyright law is poorly understood. There is a portion of the spectrum of people out there who think it’s wrong for various reasons, like Mr. Unmitigated goes back to the 1930s!!! I should have the right to make my own games, shirts, whatever based on that character because I said so!!! Not being in the public domain means I can’t make money off it and that’s just wrong!!! continue for 7 million times.

Or they can go to copyright.gov and learn about Public Domain. EVERYBODY knows about Fair Use and some abuse it, not all. Get educated, please.
 
So, I create a painting and you think you have some kind of right to use it on a tee shirt or something? Why? That is what I am asking. Unless you pay me to use it, why should you gain from my work?
 
Go out and create your own stuff. Don’t wait for something to go into Public Domain so you can profit off some creative work that has a built-in fan base and decades of advertising and creative works associated with it. But nooooo… I want all that for nothing. Don’t you understand!!!

I do.
 
Why are you annoyed at me? I am an artist asking why someone thinks they have a right to use my work.
I am not sure any other occupation would be okay with someone stealing their work, so I was interested in learning why people think it’s okay to do that with artwork.
 
If you have received a copyright, trademark or a patent on your intellectual property, they do not have a right to any unauthorized use. However, it is up to you to get the intellectual property mark on it. If you don’t it will end up in the public domain for anyone to use.

If you do get the appropriate mark, I believe the burden of proof falls on the person who uses the mark to prove their use was legal. You own the legal right to your intellectual property. It is up to others to either compensate you or to find an exception stating why their use is legal.

Your property is your property.
 
Irishmom2 said:
Unless you pay me to use it, why should you gain from my work?
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How long should that last? If I want to reproduce the Mona Lisa on a t-shirt, should I owe money to someone? Who? Why should the great-great-great-great grandson of an artist make money on something he had no hand in creating?
 
If he still owns the rights, yes. And I do think family should be allowed to have the copyright.

You still have not explained to me why someone else is entitled to receive the unpaid benefit of my work, no matter how many years it is.
 
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The opposite of something that is copyrighted is something in the public domain. So your work without benefit of copyright belongs to the public. Period. So I guess the question is what gives you the right to prevent me from using what belongs to me and to everyone else?
 
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