The Copyright Law

Eric Faden uses the Disney clips to create a common ground between the person watching and Faden himself. Most people today have grown up watching the fairy tales that Disney has produced or are at the least very familiar with the characters and story lines.  Using these clips provides an entertaining way to get his point across about the copyright law, instead of just presenting his case as a plain, boring essay.  He successfully shows that the amount of time the copyright lasts is extended past a reasonable length of time.  His video succeeds in persuading the people watching that the law is becoming ridiculous, and that copyrights are lasting basically forever now.  There are so many stipultions and regulations surrounding the copyright material and when it can or cannot be used, that it is just easier to avoid the material all together.  He successfully persuades his audience that the copyright law needs to be reformed until it has a reasonable length of time and not have such strict rules that it is so hard to use the material. The law needs to take a more neutral approach and not have the copyright last so long.  The person who copyrights the material needs to have a reasonable length of time that he owns all the rights, but with a maximum of 15 years. There needs to be regulations and stipulations on how and when the material can be used but not as strict as the current ones.  The material needs to be more accessible to the public.