The Need for Copyright Licensing and Privacy Issues in Education : Start-Up Process in Business Establishment

Business Education (BE) refers to the structured training; lectures and tutelage meant to equip new or existing business owners on number of skills which will ensure the success and/or continuity of the business venture. One thing that has made Business Education curriculum important to business owners and managers is the idea of incorporating every steps and aspect of business operations into the curriculum. Start-Up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. The start-up process is a long, tactical and frustrating process that when done wrongly, might lead to the downfall or seizure of operations of the business, many a times, people tend to go through the business education start-up process neglecting the legal activities required to make the start-up complete which may leads to the closure or seizure of operation of the business enterprise due to lack of originality and patent protection. The legal registration of any work (s), business or activity is the basis of all processes required in the business start-up process. This legal registration is known as copyright. Copyright offers protection and originality to any work or business. Hence, this study tends to investigate the role of copyright licensing and privacy issues in the business start-up process in business establishment. In order to arrive at a dependable conclusion, the study made use of the secondary method of data collection; most evidences were gotten from online sources. The results from the study shows that even though there has been lack of copyright alternatives in past and recent years, the right to copyright licensing and privacy has led to the sustainability of many business enterprises leading to overall economic growth and development of the Nation. Therefore, copyright licensing protects both the internal and external business environment in form of privacy and it’s a way of getting royalty for one’s idea.