EOC Week 2: Get Some Copyright Law Under Your Belt

3 sources of copy right law, about 100 words each, include links
http://copyright.gov/: This is the official US government site for anything that has to do with copyright law. It includes the exact text of U.S. copyright law which is title 17 in the United States Code. If I was to judge copyright law on the look of it's text then I would say that it is very serious. The exact text is very hard to understand. It contains short Latin phrases as well as legal language that is not meant to be understood by the average person. I do believe that the U.S. gov't did a good job at helping to secure the livelihood of artists by allowing their accomplishments to be protected in a legitimate manner. They state their stance on the purpose of copyright law in this statement found in the preface:
 "The Congress shall have Power…To promote the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors 
the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

http://www.benedict.com/: Benedict.com is a website that is a more useful source for broad legal understanding of copyright law. It is split up into four sections: movies, music, web, and info. I think they did a good job of making this knowledge accessible for all people to understand. It calls itself the "Copyright Website" and goes on to say "Welcome to the Copyright Website, the ultimate copyright portal for real world, practical copyright information. Launched on May Day 1995, the Copyright Website strives to lubricate the machinations of information delivery. As spice is to Dune, information is to the Web; the spice must flow."
My biggest issue is that I have no idea what Dune is, or why spice must flow. 


http://www.findlaw.com/: is the middle ground between average person and legal professional. They even have a tab at the top that asks is you are a legal professional. It is complete with a totally different site of legal professionals. It has a news bar so that you can keep up to date on all of the newest legal news. The whole site has a one-stop-shop feel. I especially liked the search engine especially for finding a lawyer in your area. I can see myself visiting this website for legal research again.