Copyrights= badnews bears

Drew Cauthorn here again, today I learned about the copyright industry and the intensity of how copyright laws work. I learned that the U.S. copyright laws date to the 1790’s. Also that the term of copyright for U.S. published works is now the authors life + 70 years if there is an individual author and the date of publication + 95 years if a corporation. The sonny bono act refers to a bill passed in 1998 which extended the term of copyright an additional 20 years. The Disney Corp. initiated that law. I think that the law should extend past 20 years if it is something as monumental as Mickey Mouse. In the year 2018, Mickey Mouse will no longer be illegal to use by other corporations not related to Disney. I firmly believe that Mickey Mouse should be able to stay in the Disney family forever and never be allowed to be used by anyone else. EVER.

The internet..................................

The Internet on campus is really neat! I can’t believe that we are among the top ten wireless campuses in the U.S. The wireless in my room doesn't really work, ever, so that is kind of annoying. Other than my room; however, it seems to work perfectly everywhere else. Unlike most people I have talked with, I actually like clean access. It seems to be an efficient program that does its job well. They offer 802.11b/g wireless speeds across campus, this is in order to prevent backup or crashes in certain departments. I use the Trinity network all the time, in class, at home, in the library. A lot of the time it is both social things, such as world of warcraft and facebook as well as academic help, looking things up, doing assignments, etc. This will take you to the Trinity University: Network Information page.

lets hope this works