Copyrights are a form of intellectual property. Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use.
Pros:
**1. Right to produce and reproduce: **Copyrights gives the owner of the intellectual property the right to produce and reproduce the copyrighted material without any approval by law or by any legal enforcement.
**2. Right to authorize: **Copyrights gives the owner the right to authorize anyone to produce and reproduce the intellectual property at any time and anywhere. This means the owner has absolute rights.
3**. Protection**: Copyrights gives the owner of the intellectual property protection over his works. This means that no one else besides the owner can use the protected property by producing or reproducing.
**4. Moral rights: **Copyrights give the owner of the intellectual property moral rights to do whatever they want with the property.
**5. For a limited time only: **Copyrights are granted to the owner of the intellectual property for a limited time only. This means that during that time of protection, the owner can do whatever he wants to do with it.
**6. Automatic protection: **As soon as one gets rights to intellectual property, the protection becomes automatic. This means that the protection takes effect as soon as the owner files for protection.
7**. Defends intellectual property**: Copyrights defends intellectual property. This means that as soon as one gets the copyrights, one has absolute rights and these rights are defended in the copyright.
**8. Public record: **Copyrights as a form of intellectual property are already a public record and are there in the public domain. This means anyone can get access to the copyright at any time in case they want to view it.
9**. Proves ownership**: Copyrights are proof of ownership of intellectual property. The fact that it is in the public record means that no one can purport to one of the copyrights.
10**. Source of prestige**: Copyrights are a source of prestige to the owner. It gives the owner the sense of ownership and the pride of being the sole beneficiary of the copyrights.
Cons:
**1. Limited dissemination: **Copyrights are granted to the owner for a limited amount of time. As soon as the time lapses, the copyrights are taken away from the owner and anyone can now produce and reproduce the works.
**2. Cost: **It is costly to file for copyright protection of any intellectual property. There is a lot of money required to file for intellectual property.
**3. Limited protection: **The protection granted by the copyright may not be comprehensive. It is sometimes limited and may not allow for a lot of modification of the intellectual property.
**4. Inability to share work: **There is the problem of the inability to share the works that are supported under intellectual property.
**5. Authorship is not ownership: **The protection offered by the copyright may allow for the production and reproduction of the content but may not necessarily give the owner the full rights of ownership.
**6. There is no provision for parody: **There is usually no provision for a parody of the copyrighted material. This means that it has to be the original material or nothing.
7**. Registration fees**: When filing for the registration of the copyright, there are prior fees that are charged. This may be a problem for some people who may not get the chance to access the registration fees.
8**. Ambiguous**: Sometimes the copyrighted material may be ambiguous. One may not know what is covered in the copyright and what is not included.
**9. Always susceptible to stealing: **There is always someone who is out there looking to steal the copyrighted material. Even though the copyright is protected, someone may still reproduce it illegally.
**10. Can only be attached to one person: **Copyrights can only be attached to one person or a group of people at a go.