Intellectual Property: Right or Wrong
As technology improves day by day almost everything seems possible today. The issue of owning something as your property has been a problem for many years and for various reasons. I think the reason this has become an issue is that there is no exact answer as to say it's right or wrong. I personally think that problems with intellectual property and its copyrights all just depend on each issue. The right or wrong is build upon the details of the situation.
If it comes to pirated movies and music, I think these things happen because of money issues. I'm sure that the majority of people watch movies, dramas, TV shows on the Internet, or have watched it before. Although TVs these days have something called Qook TV or Btv, which has a program that allows you to re-watch shows and movies you want to watch, the negative outcome is that you have to pay money. And this is something most people are not willing to do.
By watching recent media, people are able to get to know what the trend is, who the hot issue is, and basically everything you need to know to get along with the world today. This is why I think illegal downloading is not a bad thing to do. The majority of people in the world probably watch these media by illegal downloading. However, by doing so, it's basically advertising the media or person itself. The more people get to know the celebrity or the "it" item, ideas and words spread across the world, which therefore increases the popularity. Then, when the popularity increases, more TV shows and other opportunities will be opened for that person, such as other movies or commercials. I think this leads to much more profit than the money lost from illegal downloading. Besides, popularity is the key in the celebrity world.
However, if it comes to intellectual property to be seen in a negative way, there are some cases where ideas are stolen which I think is wrong. I personally think that ideas do count as property. If you made it up, you created it, and it makes it special because you came up with it, then that gives you full rights to call it yours. For example, my friend worked on a website for a very long time, and she had put in so much time and effort into that page. However, few months later she put the page down, but she found the same information and website like hers on the web. Each and every detailed creativity of hers was copied and put up by someone else. In cases like these, even if her ideas were being spread, if the credit goes to someone else, then that's simply wrong.
In conclusion, I think that intellectual property rights depend on the situation. It could be okay if it can do a little harm yet more benefits, but if it is simply more loss, then I think that is wrong. Illegal downloading can be seen as a positive action, however simply taking somebody else's work and calling it yours should be absolutely illegal. I think the issue with these problems will continue, but I hope that it will become a bit simpler in the future.
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ReplyDeleteFrom Daewon Shin To Hae Jin Jang
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1. Yes, your essay has five paragraphs (introduction, three body paragraphs, conclusion)
2. Your essay has a clear thesis which is your argument. You believe issues about intellectual properties depends on the situation.
3. Your last two body paragraphs have clear argument, but I guess the first body seems to be rather the same paragraphs as the second one.
4. Yes, you have a counter- argument paragraph. You originally have two different argument, so each argument could be counter-argument of each other.
5. Your supporting sentences support your topic sentences.
6. Yes, you summarized your thesis in the conclusion: I think that intellectual property rights depend on the situation
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From Haesook to Haejin
ReplyDelete1. Yes, there are five paragraphs in your essay.
2+3+4. Yes, the thesis statement is 'The right or wrong is build upon the details of the situation.' I don't think you have a clear position about this topic. I can see that you are trying to explain your argument by showing two different examples. However, that doen not make your position clear. I think it'd be more clear if you had some suggetions about limits of harms and benefits. I knew you had a bit positive about this topic when i read your third paragraph which is a counter-argument paragraph. However, what i think as a counter-argument paragraph has concession and refutaion but you dont have refutation. So i knew you are positive about this topic and you are trying to make your argument more stronger by writing counter-argument paragraph. Then you should have wrote about how sharing is illegal and wrong but still it's beneficial.
5. Except third paragraph, other body paragraphs support the topic sentence.
6. Yes