Copyright Property Law Case. The particular case study that applies to this material is the case of Dr. Harold Hefner, who subscribes to a popular scientific journal that is published weekly and available on the internet. To access the online material he

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Educational Use of Copyrighted Property

Copyright laws are complicated and usually have a gray area as to what is actually a violation of such laws. A copyright is the intellectual property of the author, which gives them the right to control the publication, distribution and adaption of the work (Gilmore, 1999). After a certain amount of time the copyright expires, at which time the information enters the public domain. There are many ways in which people can commit copyright infringement; such as the unauthorized use of an authors text, common on the World Wide Web, the unlawful downloading or sharing of recorded music, and the distribution of bootleg material, which is material that hasn't been officially released yet. Copyright protection is an issue in the scientific disciplines as well.

The particular case study that applies to this material is the case of Dr. Harold Hefner, who subscribes to a popular scientific journal that is published weekly and available on the internet. To access the online material he has to log onto the journal's home page with his username and password. His research group is composed of several pre and post doctoral trainees. He makes his