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Assignment abstract: This issues analysis will be discuss on copyright and intellectual property issues in cyberspace. Problems of copyright are big issue, but not much people understand and realize how important it is. Although, sometimes it is difficult to determine whether or not if people breaking the law, because internet becomes so popular and convenience majority of information people use are from the web. So, it is necessary for all the users to understand how to use other people's work in the correct way. Also, how Copyright Act is able to protect original creators from the work they publish. The assignment will also include similar cases that address to the topic and what is the outcome for it.

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Nice website Sherry! The layout is very organized. I really enjoyed reading it! After reading your piece on Copyright and Copyright Act, I did some research into the Canadian Copyright Act. I have found that copyright law is automatic in Canada. Creators will automatically have their work copyrighted after their works have been created. This law protects the creators’ work whether it is written or recorded and the copyright last for a lifetime of the creator. When someone wishes to use the copyrighted works, the creators will be paid royalties. Olson stated that ** Internet copyright law does not have any difference between the physical world, both are applied equally, so most material on the internet are able to be protected by copyright ** (Olson). However the government has not come up with legislation for online streaming. Because the Internet is an infinite map, it is hard to put boundaries to it. It would be difficult for the government to write a law that restricts the use of Internet. ====== 

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Olson, Kathleen K. Chapter 16 "Copyright in Cyberspace: Protecting Intellectual property Online." Editors Gauntlett, David and Horsley, Ross. Web Studies. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2000. ====== 