Your Own Argument and Opinions

"Audiovisual works, the copyright act specifically protects movies, videotapes, videodiscs, cd-rom multimedia packages, training films, and computer games as audiovisual works. The copyright act defines audiovisual works as ones consisting of a series of related images intended to be shown on machines such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, with accompanying sounds, if any, whether the works are recorded on film or tape, or other material"(Stim, 215).  What I wanted to focus on in this course is to take a special interest in all that is involved in the film production world. 
"Authorized use of copyright material, a person accused of infringing another's copyright may see to prove as a defense that the use was authorized, usually through license or other transfer. Even in the absence of a written agreement, a defendant may make the argument that the use was authorized orally or was implied by the actions of the copyright owner. Were such a case to go to court, the judge would seek to determine the conditions under which the license or transfer was granted, what was transferred to whom" (Stim, 216).
"cease and desist letter, the opening salvo in any copyright dispute is usually a cease and desist letter from the copyright owner's attourney. This letter informs the alleged infringer of the validity and ownership of the copyrighted work, the nature of the infringement, and the remedies that are available to the copyright holder unless the infringement is halted" (Stim, 219).
"Credit line is a written acknowledgement of authorship is referrred to as a credit line. When authors give permission for somebody else to use a portion or an entire work, they commonly condition the permission on including a line crediting the original author in the new work" (Stim, 240). "Characters, fictional can be protected separately from their undelying works as derivative copyrights, provided that they are sufficiently unique and distinctive-- for example James Bond, Fred Flintstone, Hnnibal Lector, and Snoopy" (Stim,219).