ABSTRACT
The concept that an artistic, musical, or literary creation should not be tampered with or exploited for profit without the creator’s permission has long been accepted. The necessity of regulating this concept through what is known as copyright legislation became apparent with the possibility of producing multiple copies of a “work,” for example, when the printing press was invented. For nearly 200 years there have been debates about the role of copyright-is composition in a literary or artistic format personal property where the right of the author/creator should be perpetual or is copyright a monopoly that should be regarded as an exception to the general laws regulating trade and therefore be strictly limited?
