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ellen goldhaber

"Kopimism" - A new religion - 0 views

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    Kopimism, which built its roots in Sweden, is now making its way to Canada. Kopimism believes file-sharing and the art of copying and pasting is so sacred that it should be a religion.
ellen goldhaber

Your ISP is looking for copyright infringers - 0 views

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    A law that has been put in place by the Harper Government now allows internet service providers (ISPs) to track our online use and notify individual users when they are doing something illegal.
ellen goldhaber

Canadian man receives serious penalty for copyright infringement - 0 views

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    A Canadian man has been caught by the RCMP for burning CD's and DVD's and distributing them to customers worldwide. He is facing one of the largest penalties that an individual has received for copyright infringement.
ellen goldhaber

In this day and age, is anything really original? - 1 views

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    The most successful businesses today have not done everything by themselves. To succeed, it is often necessary to take things that already exist and make them better.
ellen goldhaber

Copyright Laws in Canada - 0 views

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    Canada's new copyright laws can be confusing to the average citizen. This article explains some of the new copyright laws that now exist and how they affect us.
Mercede Robertson

Apple Hit by Hackers - 0 views

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    Apple has been a trusted product for years, promising more protection than PC computers. Hackers have discovered ways to infect even the toughest computers. If our trust in Apple fails, where can we turn to?
Mercede Robertson

Data Breaches: It's Likely to Happen to You - 0 views

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    With online shopping numbers increasing exponentially, online users rarely think twice before giving out their information when they should.
Mercede Robertson

Embracing the Remix - 0 views

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    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.
Mercede Robertson

Terms and Conditions May Apply - 0 views

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    This preview for the documentary boldly defines what our online society has come to- terms and conditions invade our privacy and give power to institutions online such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc.
Mercede Robertson

Our Privacy Matters - 0 views

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    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.
Mohammad Amir

Russia's Olympic security to set new surveillance standard at Sochi - 0 views

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    Every phone call, every email, every social media message in Sochi will be accessible, traceable by Russia's Federal Security Service - the FSB - the organization in charge of securing the Olympics.
Mohammad Amir

NYPD ogles Google Glass specs - 0 views

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    The New York Police Department has procured two pair of Google Glass specs, the experimental head-mounted computers, to determine possible applications to police work
Mohammad Amir

Crowdsourcing Our History: How The Wikipedia Generation Will Change The World - 0 views

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    Online and encyclopedic resources will have the most bearing in our common understanding of the past, or how history is written in the present
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    Online and encyclopedic resources will have the most bearing in our common understanding of the past, or how history is written in the present.
Mohammad Amir

Augmented reality rolled out on Scottish buses - 0 views

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    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.
Mohammad Amir

Augmented Reality TV System Mixes Programming and Web Content - 1 views

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    New start-up combines web content with television programming
Shalyn Millstone

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained - 1 views

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    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.
Stanislav Gamar

7 Captivating Works of Crowdsourced Art - 1 views

  • The art world has also leveraged the power of crowdsourcing to create some stunning works.
  • SwarmSketch randomly chooses a popular search term as the topic of each week's collective drawing
  • online canvas composed of 1 million squares and they're hoping to get people from all over the world to paint pictures that fill them
Stanislav Gamar

Amazing crowdsourced music video uses thousands of mouse cursors as cast members | The ... - 0 views

  • Roel Wouters to create an browser-based experience that tracks your cursor movements and later integrates them into the video itself for future playback.
  • thousands of cursors form patterns by sticking within guidelines
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      Please note that article does not have any questionable content. But if you follow the link and watch the actual video there is very mild nudity shown at the end of the video.
Danielle Rose

Understanding Copyright Law In The Age of Content - 0 views

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    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.
Danielle Rose

Facebook Aims To Weed Out Piracy By Analyzing Your Personal Data - 0 views

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    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.
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