Copyright.

I never knew there was so much behind copyright laws. From public domain to terms of copyrighted work, copyrighting is a long and extensive process. I think the most interesting thing I learned was all about the terms and different laws concerning the terms of copyrighted work. A copyright has a term length, depending on when the work was created. For stuff created after January 1, 1978, the term of copyright is the life of the author plus 70 years or, if the work is a work for hire, the term is 95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first. For works published or registered prior to January 1978, the term of copyright is 95 years.
One issue that is probably the most talked about issue as far as copyrighted things are concerned is the sharing of files such as music. File sharing sites such as the ones Jason Hardin mentioned like Limewire are not allowed for what most people use them as. I used to use Limewire to download songs before I came to Trinity. I think that file sharing should be allowed, for the plain reason that I have thousands of songs on my computer and I didn’t want to have to pay thousands of dollars. I understand that artists deserve compensation for their work, so I think that sites such as Limewire should pay the artists from the billions of dollars they get a year through advertisements on the sites. Or, Limewire could charge a flat rate per month, almost like a membership to get songs off their site, and pay the artists from the membership dues collected.