IELTS Writing Task 2 | Copyright Laws

IELTS Writing Task 2 | Copyright Laws

Topic:

Despite numerous attempts to protect and enforce copyright laws, it appears that there are still some people who violate the laws on copyrighted materials.
Do you think more stringent laws should be passed to deter people from infringing copyright laws?

General Information

The Academic Writing test takes 60 minutes. It consists of two tasks. The recommended time for each task is: 20 minutes on Task 1, and 40 minutes on Task 2. Between the two tasks of your Academic Writing Test, you are free to start from the one you like.
Your essay should include at least 250 words.
You should spend approximately 40 minutes on this task.
In this task, your ability to respond to a topic, generate relevant ideas, outline problems and offer solutions to the problems based on your experience and reasoning is measured.
IELTS Writing Task 2 falls into the category of argumentative essays.
IELTS Writing Task 2, compared to IELTS Writing Task 1, carries more weight in scoring.
Your reader is an educated person with only general knowledge of the topic.

The Essayist: Arash

Nowadays, a lot of materials are created by creators such as movies, series, songs, books, etc. that most of them are protected by copyright laws which are a very important law for creators. On the other side, there are many people that infringe copyright laws that. I personally believe that more strict and precise laws should be passed to prevent people from infringing copyright laws.
First of all, I would like to mention that copyright is a form of intellectual property, applicable to certain forms of creative work. As I mentioned before, there are dozens of movies, series, etc. on the internet which are watched by many people over the world. For instance, YouTube is the most famous video- sharing website in the world which has a high level of stringency in copyright laws. YouTube analyses every video carefully in order to report the number of infringements to its owner.
Second of all, typically, the duration of a copyright spans the author’s life plus 50 to 100 years (that is, copyright typically expires 50 to 100 years after the author dies, depending on the jurisdiction). Some countries require certain copyright formalities to establishing copyright, but most recognize copyright in any completed work, without formal registration. Generally, copyright is enforced as a civil matter, though some jurisdictions do apply criminal sanctions. In addition, I think if there was a general organization which could check the eligibility of everyone in order to use any materials would be a better way to keep creators’ rights for their own.
To conclude, I believe that copyright laws should be taken seriously by people and governments also should set stringent laws to help creators. In my opinion, there must be a copyright law for ideas which are not protected by any laws.

Error Correction:

Paragraph 1:
- Line 1: movies, series, songs, books, etc. are not creators, they are products.
- Lines 1-2: which are a very important law :arrow: which are very important laws
- Line 2: … people that infringe copyright laws that :arrow: you should omit the second ‘that’.
Paragraph 2:
- Line 3: YouTube analyses :arrow: analyzes (American English)
Paragraph 3:
- Lines 4-5: … any materials would be :arrow: … any materials, it would be …
  - You are using an if-clause, so, you should use an independent clause, too. The independent clause must have a subject, which is the dummy subject of “it”.
Paragraph 4:
- Line 1: governments also should set :arrow: governments should also set
- Line 1: It’s better to use a comma after ‘by people’.
- Line 2: there must be a copyright law
  - It’s better to use a conjunction to show addition, e.g. also, additionally, etc. as you are making a suggestion, which is beyond the main topic.
Choice of Words (Diction): Great!
Coherence: Very good
Cohesion: Needs improvement
Reasoning: Great!
Word Count: “296” Great!

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