2.+Copyright+and+Multimedia

Components of Multimedia are: - Audio - Video - Graphics/Images - Animation This media may be covered by copyright as it contains someone's original ideas. (Source.3.) Copyright covers artistic works, protecting the physical work from being copied. -The owners of the copyright are the only ones who can make copies of the work, make it available for public access/use, and make changes to their work (source.3.). This is important as authors should have the right to control what happens to their work and protect their original ideas and concepts that have been used to create the works. This also helps to stop other people taking the authors work and presenting it as their own. -Authors also have 'moral rights' (Source.3.). They have the right to be attributed for their work and to protect their work from being falsely attributed to someone else. They also have the right to be respected for their work. (source.1.)
 * List the components of multimedia and explain why such media may be covered by copyright law.**
 * -** Text
 * -** Hypertext