The document discusses copyright and the case of Biz Markie vs. Gilbert O'Sullivan. It notes that copyright is illegal and involves passing off someone else's work as your own. It outlines that Biz Markie was accused of taking Gilbert O'Sullivan's song without permission, though Biz released it anyway. The author believes Biz engaged in copyright infringement and the court ruling against him was correct. The document emphasizes the importance of enforcing copyright to prevent passing off others' work.

1. GIANNA.
Class Project

2. TOP STORY • Copyright
• Biz Markie vs. Gilbert O’Sullivan
• My Opinion
• End

3. COPYRIGHT • Copyrighting is illegal and you can get in
major law trouble if you do copyright.
• Copyrighting is taking something that
someone else wrote and try to pass it
off as your own.
• copyrighting if you take pictures from
somewhere without there permission.

4. BIZ MARKIE VS. GILBERT
O’SULLIVAN
Biz Markie Gilbert O’Sullivan
• Biz was accused of taking • Gilberts song was named “Alone
Sullivan's song. Again”.
• They both had the same title and • He refused to give Biz his
theme to them. permission because it was his
• Gilbert refused to give Biz song.
permission, but Biz did the song • The case went to court and Biz
anyway. lost.

5. MY OPINION • I think that Biz Markie did copyright
Gilbert O’Sullivan. I think that it was
right what happened to Biz Markie. It
was wrong for him to go ahead with the
song without the permission from
Sullivan. It was right that they took the
album off the shelves and removed the
song from the album.

6. END • In the end I think it is a very good idea
to enforce copyright.
• If copyrighting wasn’t illegal then
people could get away with someone
else's work as there own.