Four Ethical Issues In Australian Copyright Law

1.1 Defining the Problem The copyright law of Australia defines ‘’copyright’’ by the legally enforceable rights of creators of creative and artistic work under the Australian law (Wikipedia, 2018). Copyright consists of the symbol ©, and it occurs when a creative work such as writing work, multimedia and images, have permanent rights attached to the owner work. Most Business and designers in the world, still don’t understand the laws and regulations of copyright, leading them to infringement, which refers to the use and publishes of other people’s images without explicit permission or approval.

1.2 How it arose
A breech of copyright on a picture can happen when Australian copyright laws have not been proficiently taken after. In this occasion, the copyright infringement emerged in different stages. Firstly the perfume business called ‘Finest Spices ’ breeched the copyright law by copying an image of a perfume
There are four ethical considerations of infringing copyright.

1. Creators of an image, lyrics or written piece have the right to be concern about making their work available on the internet because their work may be copied and redistributed without attribution to them and also their property can be altered and incorporate without their permission (Australian Copyright Council, 2017).

2. Individuals who steel in private is viewed as an immoral action because there are stealing and taking advantage of individual’s hard work and creativity. This act shows a lack of respect and value for others in the global community.

3. Many individuals that have access to a copyrighted resource, use the material for their personal use, usually do not acknowledge or reference, because they believe that it is ‘Fine’ to use their work, but it is ‘not’. This type of mindset can have an impact on the copyright