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This article describes Google's Content ID system that filters Youtube for stolen content and automatically diverges revenue streams from content creators to their original owners. Whether you agree with this stem or not, this text describes it's operation and goal in detail.

Do you know Meetup.com? This is one group on Meetup relevant to our interests. The group discusses new media and content creation and sharing. Every week, I receive an invitation to various events.

This article from the Forbes website talks about copyright in business. It discuses what can and can not be copyrighted it tells writers to be mindful as to who and to what degree are they collaborate with someone else as this other contributor may end up owning part of the copyright.

Tips on ways to help make your content go viral in a concise format. It explains what sells to individuals!

Kutiman is a musical artist who collects content created by people and uploaded onto Youtube. His album, ThruYOU is a shining example of participatory media and convergence culture.

New start-up combines web content with television programming

This article discusses the potential that podcasts have over blogs and other media. There is a podcasting market and businesses can use this medium to reach and educate consumers.

Social media has been brought up in the media as a negative thing, however this article talks about the positive aspects that social media has on this new tech-savvy generation.

Last week, King.com, the creators of Candy Crush Saga were approved for their request to trademark the word Candy for use in all video games and clothing lines.

This article speaks on the evolution of storytelling, and how media such as pintrest, vine, twiter and facebook are the more effective routes (in terms of attracting views) of storytelling/media (because of the pictures and videos) but there are still a lot of companies that rely on slideshare as a media platform. It mentions some of the more popular platforms of media these days as videos, images, and memes

This article discusses the qualms of art ownership and license agreements. After a tattoo has been applied onto a person, who retains that tattoo's ownership? One would argue that the tattoo belongs to the wearer, but it would seem that might not be the case. In fact, having the rights to feature the likeness of a person is no longer enough if that person has a tattoo. That person's body being considered a canvas of sorts and therefore allowing the tattoo artists to retain their creative rights.

This article written by Brad Templeton outlines 10 myths about copyright that people read on the web. It is a very useful article for those who are not sure about the general rules of copyright, as well as what they can and cannot do in regards to copyright.

This article considers some of the challenges of using algorithms to identify copyright infringements in electronic media. So far this method has been successful especially on FaceBook, catching users posting material they do not have rights to yet claim their own. The downside of this method is that occasionally websites that are perfectly legitimate are taken down.

This article found in the Globe and Mail discusses internet content piracy in both Canada and the US. It also discusses the actions being taken to help stop this issue.The consequences in the US are mostly court based whereas in Canada they are technology based and social change based. To find these intellectual property thieves, companies are using anti- piracy firms to track down people who illegally downloading off the internet. These initiatives are part of a larger plan to change the Canadian mindset about downloading illegally, if people understand consequences can occur at random they will be more hesitant to commit online theft.

In an age where youth are thriving on the internet, we need to ensure that our profiles are secure. More action should be taken in order to work with youth to prevent privacy issues and promote safe online environments.

Interesting theory that everything is a remix- how will we protect our online property today? Where do we draw the line between copying, stealing and remixing.

Augmented reality technology allows customers to scan a trigger on seat backs to open up a channel of interactive videos with a choice of content including interviews with staff, information about services, view theatre trailers, buy theatre tickets or surf the internet.