This essay, "Who Will Own Your Next Good Idea", is about the laws of copyright. It asks the question, who is the rightful owner of an article written in a magazine. Charles C. Mann finds an article with an interview with his friend. No such interview took place. The article was an exact translation of the article his friend wrote. There is not a law that says you
             cannot do that.In paragraph 12, Mann contradicts the way he feels about the copyright laws. In the
             opening sentence, he states that he makes much of his living from copyright. This is how ideas
             are made. It's not just in writing but in movies, music and inventions as well. From the books
             we read for our education, to the news we get, and the entertainment me get, as well as many
             other things, are based on material used from the past. Mann cannot take a clear side in this essay. If he did, he would have a hypocritical
             statement. If Mann were to choose a side, he could loose his audience. People may feel he is
             being ignorant and hypocritical, which would cause the reader to stop reading the essay.
             I feel there should be a law saying a translation of something is considered plagiarism,
             as well as being illegal. Just because it is in a different language doesn't make it legal or
             morally right. You are still taking credit for someone else's work. Everything in this world
             revolves around copyright. Improving many products involves copyright. How do you think
             authors get their ideas. Ideas are made from ideas that have been made before that. In the end a translation to me, breaks the copyright rule. Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's
             work. A translation is someone else's work.
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