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Or maybe...copyright is a way to make sure that the guys who created the product get as much money for it as possible. Why make it a moral issue when its more l

• pbhjpbhj 17y ago
  I'd start with moral rights - most kids seem to have an idea about not letting people copy their school work. Copyright means someone else isn't allowed to take your homework and hand it in with their name on it. Then I'd talk about maybe an artist or musician and how they earn money to do what they do - ignoring the part about the record companies. Mention that it is the state that helps ensure, with copyright law, that the creators of works aren't ripped off, that the state protects them for a certain amount of time so they can get paid for what they do. Book writers is a good example for why a longer period of time is needed, people can spend years writing books, if someone can simply copy it then the author can possibly only sell one copy. If they catch all that I'd progress on to how large corporations have perverted copyright so that they can get the most benefit from a creators work (but that creators may still make more than they would because of the companies marketing abilities) and then how copyright terms have increased and that has changed the whole deal stopping works entering the public domain [as early].