Copyright ( Reading )

Copyright is content that is owned by an artist, company or establishment that have sole ownership of it and if used for public distribution by others without permission it is deemed illegal and the owner can take action against that person or group. Music and Film are among some of the most copyrighted material there is as it has a large content these include sound, lyrics, diaglogue, scenes, logo's and so and so fouth. A subject of copyright that is not really focused on is Reading for the simple premise that it is not really convienent to copy or plagerise a book/ text yet from an online perspective it could be said that copyright has been overlooked.

An example of this would be Kindle and online fraud that was going on last year where people were hacking and downloading eBooks and putting certain content on Amazon whilst at the same time setting up fake accounts giving the fake book good ratings online so the people paying for the books on Amazon "ended up buying dud content." This is a way of  bypassing fake content and selling it on to others more schemeatic than copyright breach but it shows how content can be manipulated and distorted so you are not getting what you paid for. Kindle broke copyright regulations with it's Kindle Marketplace where "people who do not own the copyright" were uploading the books for sale anyway. This is mainly due to flexible publishing and PDF distribution making traces and evidence harder to find.

Books from an analogue standpoint are being considered a rellik of the past as WIRED magazine have said "what was once previously considered a common human resource, distributed among the minds and libraries of the world is now being fenced and deeded." this from a consumer standpoint makes it harder to source the material desired as it's a dying breed of media based on the lack of interest from the current generation onward. Some also say this maybe why David Cameron wishes to close public libraries in certain areas of the country for financial reasons for the economy. Overall the point of publishing books and written texts and documents have not really been effected by copyright problems and therefore it seems posession of written media still lies with the big main publishing companies.This is not to say it could never be broken like Music or Film but in general it seems unlikely that it will.

References:

Metcalfe, B  (4/4/11) Amazon's incorrect priorities when it comes to copyright enforcement on the Kindle
http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2011/04/amazons-incorrect-priorities-when-it-comes-to-copyright-enforcement-on-the-kindle/
Date Accessed: 25/11/12

Barlow, J. (1994) 'The economy of ideas', Wired, 2.03, March [Online]. Available at:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.03/economy.ideas.html?pg=1&topic=
Date Accessed: 25/11/12.