Do Copyrights Go Too Far

​For the most part, copyright laws do a decent job of protecting artists. In his book All You Need to Know About the Music Business, Donald Passman said people wouldn’t create anything if everyone had the rights to it, and the creator wasn't compensated (Passman, 2019). We need copyright laws to protect artists. They should have the rights to their art (music). Anyone who wants to benefit from that art by reproducing, distributing copies, make a derivative work, display the work, or use it through digital transmission needs the copyright holder's permission (King, 2020). 

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