I have found the information on copyright laws extremely valuable in the sense of knowing about lawful protection. It is my opinion that copyright laws should be discussed and particularly the online site pages I read on the subject, they should be read prior to any student researching and writing an essay or report. What people don't know will hurt them and there is a penalty for unintentional negligence when you copy an original piece of work and don't give the credit where credit is due. Author's don't create something out of nothing, we all simply build off anothers work and add onto it or steer into another course using those foundations first. It is simply a concept of social etiquette when you plan on researching, creating, drawing, writing and so forth and giving credit to those who helped pave the way.