How Legislation Affects Me and Others

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How Legislation Affects Me and Others Legislation is defined as the act of making or enacting laws. Legislation affects me, the local community, people who are disabled and working adults. I will show how well they serve their purpose and whether they are successful in what they are set out to do. A number of legislations affect the way I live my life at home and school. The main type of legislation being copyright which basically stops me from stealing peoples work and using it as my own whether it be pictures, videos, music or even books. It is defined as the legal right to control the production, use, and sale of copies of a literary, musical, or artistic work so it stops people copying items without the author's permission for example copying cd's and selling them to make a profit which is rightfully the authors. Music would be the main problem because of the increase in peer to peer software such as Kazaa. Musical downloads have increased rapidly due to the increasing number of internet users and word of mouth. And because of this illegal music downloads often take place without the artists' permission and the users' knowledge, an attempt to stop the download of music is taking place but because of the millions of users it is difficult. There are some attempts to give artists a chance to have their work involved with the internet and so some new websites charge a small fee for the downloading of music and a percentage of the money earned goes towards the artist so they get something rather than nothing. This is the same with images and text, if I were to place text off a website into a piece of work I would read through it and take key points and put them into my own words so the work is noticeably different and is clear that I have understood them. As I own a website the copyright act applies for me, I need to ensure all the content is mine and if I were to use any pictures or information I would ensure I

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