Copyrighting is important because it labels a work(s) as ones own. It happens everyday, someone puts out a song, some form of literary works, just with intentions of displaying their gift, next thing you know someone has found that work, and has made it their own all because the REAL creator failed to copyright it. I have seen it first hand, my cousin (a rapper/producer in Virginia) put beats on a number of different artists twitter pages, when one day he finds that a known artist Arab (of SODMG) took his beat, used it and placed it on his mixtape for people to download and buy. All of this could have been avoided had my cousin done something as little as mailing the beat to himself. Copyrighting is a necessity when one has intentions on placing his/her up for public display, especially when the work is being placed on the internet for EVERYONE to see.
You have touched on a very important topic and issue ... copyright. I am a poet and have had my work stolen as well. I learned early to mail my original works to myself and still get them copyrighted. The Internet has caused many people to lose out on monies and creative rights.
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