Abstract: Imitating is an innate characteristic for humankind, and people discover the world through imitation. It is possible to say that technology that grows rapidly and computer technologies that make life easier trigger the innate character of humankind to "imitate". Today, the original idea has become a material for the consumption society that easily obtains whatever it needs, products, artwork or design whatsoever are owned without paying any fees and on a temporary basis regardless of being literary, visual or auditory. Indeed, the social media applications that are frequently used by the masses today may be defined as a platform for breach of intellectual property. In other words, new media technologies and sharing culture are detrimental to copyrights that protect the original ideas, despite all their positive aspects. Today, individuals can listen to any musical work without paying any fees and watch their favourite movie on their personal computer without it is released and present other's designs as if they are their works. Worrying thing is that it is being "normalized" especially, among the design students. It is considerably important that the student should be informed about the intellectual properties, who have just started to study graphic design and does not have any idea as to the original artwork or design qualifications. If design students are aware of the copyright, they will protect their own works and create original designs throughout their careers. We have analysed the historical development of copyright through different disciplines and defined the legal regulations by the states against the breaches, specified the impact of the digital technologies on the concept, and discussed the solution suggestions by emphasizing its importance for the design education.
Keywords: Copyrigth, intellectual property, graphic design, graphic design education.
Title: A Challenging Setback in Design Education: Intellectual Property Awareness
Author: Hami Onur Bingöl
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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