There are some performers that I can watch do much of anything, or nothing.They have a presence, grace, command of space, and a joy in being that captures me even if they are simply walking across the floor. Primarily dancers, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Fred Astair, Judith Jamison, but Cameron Diaz, John Travolta, Tom Cruise and Dame Judi Dench also command my attention just by a quality of being. There are many many more, but you get the idea. What is it about these individuals, these artists? According to L. Ron Hubbard, we can characterize it as "the quality of communication." Can you see how that is? We are fortunate to have access to all of these artists through all kinds of streaming media, and even youtube. There is a richness of almost a century of performance available to us for the first time in the history of our planet.

This is a wonderful wealth to have at our fingertips. It also makes a particular kind of theft a little too easy. With good quality picture and sound recording on everyone's phone, performances can also be easily stolen. It may not seem like theft, and often no harm is intended, but the copyright laws are made to protect the originators. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights elevates this concept above mere law, to the level of an intrinsic right each of us has. It is article 27 of the Declaration. In a publication by Youth for Human Rights it is phrased this way, "Copyright is a special law that protects one's own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission." This protects you, and what you create, as well as it safeguards others. Learn your human rights. http://www.YouthforHumanRights.org