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This article is about the intellectual property law regarding the visual arts where a French photographer is claiming copyright infringement because of another artist's manipulation of the original piece without breaking any intellectual property laws. The exemption of transformative nature allowed for the modification of pieces just as mashups find the loophole in the copyright law.

This is describing the new intellectual property law Spain is enforcing in order to receive money from search engines such as Google for providing results of content that is copyrighted. Spain are one of many European countries implementing laws such as this one.

New media is evolving and it is important for consumers and businesses to adapt and learn how to properly use it, and protect themselves from copyright laws.

Canada has a political party called the Pirate Party which has existed since 2009, in which exists to attempt and loosen the laws regarding copyright and the movement of content. 

New technology is evolving, which can further innovation in our society. However, this presents a challenge for creators to protect their ideas and work. Therefore, copyright laws must be updated for continuous innovation in our world.

Taking advantage of Fair Use protections of copyright law, a problem the publishers are responsible for, not Creative Commons. This article is about a case of Open Access as rights - laundering and how expensive it can be to the owner.

This article deals with website design and what to make note of when designing, as most first-time visitors will give you less than five seconds to "wow" them, making the aesthetics a vital part of reeling in customers. The website must be both visually appealing to your targeted demographic as well as communicate important things to know.

This article covers website aesthetics. Clara Teoh advises web designers to design their websites with: the preferences of their target demographic in mind, the right tone  to focus on designing the layout of the website to capture the attention of users by choosing appropriate colours and  correctly sized buttons. She also says to compare your site using other successful websites as benchmarks. She goes on to say that site aesthetics even affect variables like conversion rates and sales for businesses.  

This article talks about copyright violations of a company to an individual. The company used a photographer's pictures for their benefit of making it used commercially for their profits. Just because it was posted on Twitter, a public domain, doesn't mean one can steal someone's products without permission. This is related to our copyright lecture of what not to use for commercial use without giving credit to the original owner of the product.