2.+Copyright+and+multimedia

= Copyright and Multimedia =

The components of multimedia: - Audio - Text - Hypertext - Animation - Images - Video The media may be covered by copyright law due to two reasons: 1. That the original multimedia works are protected by copyright therefore the Copyright’s Act’s have exclusive rights to the developers and publishers to have the right to control unauthorized exploitation of their works. 2. And the second reason is the that the multimedia works are created by combining the multimedia content of images, audio etc which is protected under copyright law, developers and publishers must avoid infringing copyrights owned by others. (Radcliffe & Brinson, 1999)
 * List the components of multimedia and explain why such media may be covered by copyright law. **