1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,220
Well you did it. You learned the fundamentals of copyright.

2
00:00:04,220 --> 00:00:09,090
You now know more about this subject than the vast majority of people in the world. You really do.

3
00:00:09,090 --> 00:00:13,910
Your work, your career, is going to be all the better for it.

4
00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:16,260
But please let me be clear about something.

5
00:00:16,260 --> 00:00:20,520
While copyright is law,  you shouldn't be scared of it.

6
00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,520
It's also not a weapon.

7
00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:27,920
I mean there's plenty of creative people out there who think that the only point of copyright is to give you a way to sue people,

8
00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,080
like it's a notice you can put on your stuff just so you can take them to court later on.

9
00:00:33,050 --> 00:00:36,530
That's just such a negative thing. That's not what copyright really is.

10
00:00:36,530 --> 00:00:38,530
It's not the point.

11
00:00:38,530 --> 00:00:42,180
Like we talked about, copyright is meant to encourage you to make new stuff.

12
00:00:42,180 --> 00:00:45,810
You have the rights to whatever you create for as long as you're alive,

13
00:00:45,810 --> 00:00:49,940
and then the rest of the world gets to make full use of your work via the public domain.

14
00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:59,180
It's an incentive to keep creating, and where some see vagueness and ambiguity in the law, I see flexibility and even opportunity.

15
00:00:59,180 --> 00:01:05,060
You can keep your copyright, but you can still share your creative work freely with the world.

16
00:01:05,060 --> 00:01:08,160
It's that one step up above public domain.

17
00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,540
Use it how you want to, just make sure you give me credit for it.

18
00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:13,730
Make sure people know that I made it.

19
00:01:13,730 --> 00:01:19,470
That's a powerful idea, and it's the whole reason that WordPress or Wikipedia even exist.

20
00:01:19,470 --> 00:01:24,200
Copyright doesn't really mean restrictions. It means freedom.

21
00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,810
Freedom to do what you want to do with you create.

22
00:01:27,810 --> 00:01:30,650
So I want to leave you with 2 very simple words of advice.

23
00:01:30,650 --> 00:01:33,040
Don't worry.

24
00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,910
Don't panic as Douglas Adams would say. Keep calm and carry on. However you want to say it.

25
00:01:37,910 --> 00:01:41,680
Don't worry about getting sued or suing someone else.

26
00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:47,900
The chances of you ever ending up in a courtroom over something copyright related really are quite slim.

27
00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:52,930
For starters, you've made it through this course so you know how to properly use and license the work of others,

28
00:01:52,930 --> 00:02:00,510
and even if someone uses your work in a way that you didn't agree to, asking them to knock it off is easy. We learned that.

29
00:02:00,510 --> 00:02:03,530
Don't freak out if someone breaks your licensing terms.

30
00:02:03,530 --> 00:02:08,919
They probably just didn't know any better just like you might not have known any better before you took this course.

31
00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,130
Send them that email, explain yourself, and be nice.

32
00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:19,740
Getting all upset and trying to sound official and important is never as effective as just being yourself and asking politely.

33
00:02:20,330 --> 00:02:23,090
Don't worry about someone having the same idea as you.

34
00:02:23,090 --> 00:02:27,780
They're not going to create what you create the same way that you would create it anyway.

35
00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:29,780
They're not you.

36
00:02:29,780 --> 00:02:34,280
Plus even if you, say, release an iPhone app, and someone releases a similar app at the same time,

37
00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,930
they had no way of knowing that you had the same idea.

38
00:02:36,930 --> 00:02:39,540
It's probably a coincidence.

39
00:02:39,540 --> 00:02:43,820
There are plenty of apps out there that do the same thing, plenty of similar websites.

40
00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:47,480
Don't worry about being super protective of your idea.

41
00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,330
Focus on making that idea a real thing in the first place,

42
00:02:51,330 --> 00:02:55,480
and then focus on making it the best it can possibly be.

43
00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,220
Don't get caught up in that worry about someone stealing your idea or making a similar website

44
00:03:00,220 --> 00:03:02,160
or someone suing you or whatever.

45
00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,100
You'd never get anything done if you just worried about that all day.

46
00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:08,150
You'd never actually create anything.

47
00:03:08,150 --> 00:03:13,040
Copyright, as a law and as an idea, wants you to create.

48
00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:21,290
So don't worry. Take all of this knowledge that you have now about copyright and licensing and go put it to good use.

49
00:03:21,290 --> 00:03:24,150
Go make something amazing.