When thinking of Copyright laws, the first thing that comes to mind is downloading illegally or plagiarism. In the case of "The Batman Forever" , the first thing that comes to mind is copyrighting in props. In the Batman movie, the crew had special permission to use buildings around the site, where they are shooting the film. The people in the movie thought they had obligation to use everything and show everything in the film, without giving any credit to the creator of that material that was placed in the building. The crew would need a copyright license to use these things. but they did not and as we know, this is wrong. We know that if we borrow, display, or use material that is not ours we have to cite our sources and give credit to them. Not displaying resources can decrease the profit of the company that created the material shown. Even if they showed this for two seconds they have to give credit. In this movie, it had eight accounts, where they did not displaying the material without a copyright license. The Batman Forever movie received many consequences for this action. They received a 2.5 million dollar fine. From hearing this story, you should know that, if you copyright the creator, you might not always get caught, but they can always find out if they want too. You might always say to yourself, well I will only do this once. That one time, can affect the profit and up rise of that artist. So, give credit to them and they will pay you back with more items from them.
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