*sapnap teaching you how to drive* "Skeppy and Badboyhalo are crossing the street, what do you hit?"
"Skeppy, I would never hurt Bad."
"whA- THE BRAKES YOU HIT THE BREAKS!!"
*Dream wheezing from the back*

Me: "i would just hit you, sapnap. In the freaking face" LOL

answer: copyright is extremely important to authors because it constitutes the ownership of one's original work. having ownership means you can protect your work as intellectual property and control who makes money from it—which is you and those to whom you assign rights.