As It Turns Out, Kids Get Copyright

[Commentary] The anti-copyright lobby uses rhetoric to try to undermine copyright law and belittle its defenders. They have millions of uneducated ‘followers’ that wrap themselves in these bogus arguments to deflect any guilt they might feel from stealing music and movies. However, the anti-copyright lobby has a problem that is illustrated by social-media controversy. Anyone who engages in the creative process, spending hours, days, or years creating something, knows instinctively that they own their work. They do not want anyone copying it, retransmitting it, or performing it in public without their permission. The Copyright Alert System will help to reinforce the importance of copyright. Maybe Hollywood is starting to defend their works as vigorously and shamelessly as the millions of social media users.

[PJ Kuyper is CEO and president of the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation]