Case Scenario:
A few years ago, you took an on-line creative writing class and wrote a poem to fulfill one of the class assignments. A portion of the assignment required that you post your poem to the discussion board so that your student colleagues could critique it. One year later, you are thumbing through your favorite Poetry Anthology Journal, and you realize that the poem you are reading is familiar; in fact, it is your poem from the creative writing class. You are trying to remember if you took your instructor's advice on copyrighting the poem.
Prepare an analysis to find out if you have a legal case or any recourse regarding intellectual property law.
Answer the following questions in the case: What kind of intellectual property is a poem?
- What is copyright infringement?
- What acts apply to copyright infringement?
- How does the Fair Use Doctrine apply to copyrights?
- Add another observation about intellectual property that applies to your analysis