Jaheem wrote and performed a song at an open-mic night at his favorite restaurant. Mike liked the song so much that he recorded it and began telling people that he wrote the song. What type of law is Mike violating?

Question

Question 7 options:

adaptive function laws

intellectual property laws

traffic laws

technological laws

Answer 1

Mike is violating intellectual property laws. Specifically, he is infringing on the copyright belonging to Jaheem, as he is misrepresenting himself as the author of a song that he did not create.