Copyright

In Gillespie's writing, copyright laws were emphasized to be put into place to prevent the unauthorized use and distribution of artists' work. Basically, they were implemented to prevent others from taking someone's work illegally and for creators to be compensated for the work that they have done. Gillespie introduces that today with all of our modern technology, the abilities to infringe on copyrights has been facilitated, especially since the illegal acquisition of music, videos, etc. is possible with the internet. These days, copyright infringement has been pursued on the internet to save the industries in charge of copyrighted material. This effort is mostly to save the financial situation of many artists who expect to receive money for their work, but find it is being freely distributed.

Though when one looks at Youtube, there is another mindset at work, since all the user created videos are posted for the sharing of art rather that the pursue for monetary values. There are many users who spend a lot of their time to create videos, or post their opinions, only to share with the public their sense of art, so there is no copyright law for them to want to have implemented. Yet, even then there is a need for regulation of the copyright law, for sometimes copyrighted material is posted on Youtube and require moderation to be taken down from the site. While a medium for free speech and postings of public videos, Youtube still takes precautionary measures to make sure that artists, who are copyrighted and don't want their work shared freely, are protected and attempt to protect their work from being on Youtube.