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Article discusses RIAA's new approach to curbing the downloading portion of file sharing. RIAA is working with ISP's to have them slow down the internet connections of people who are downloading music illegally. Does not mention anything about doing the same for people who are sharing though. The sharers are still being sued.

An article I plan on discussing in my final paper. Tells how internet users could be banned over illegal downloads.

Good article relevant to this weeks discussion as well as my topic for the final paper.

Podcasting Helps those without internet resources

Podcasting ethics. Here are some tips to help create a pleasant experience for the listener.

This article gives the positives and negatives of online banking. The positives were saving money, convenience, and security. The negatives were being "timed out" and having to start over and learning how to do what you need to do on the site.

Good look at how file sharing is affecting the record labels more so then the artists and how those who share files actually purchase more content then those who don't.

In response to week 15's PEW Report articles, talks about hackers and cybercrime now and in the future.

Article about how sexting got teenagers in trouble. Then DA tried to force them to take a class about sexting but when they refused, they sued the DA because the DA was questioning the parenting of the parents. Very good article.

This link is to an article that discusses the effects of the Internet of globalization, I am taking an on campus course about International relations and found this to be interesting. Technology, specifically the Internet allows us to communicate so much information at a more effecient speed.

Article talks about how RIAA can have the federal government issue subpoenas by simply making allegations of infringement and requiring University administrators to turn over the IP address owners of the guilty parties. This ability conflicts with peoples' right to be assumed innocent until proven guilty. To fight this, the adminstrators are shuffling IP addresses among different individuals regularly so that they can honestly say that they have no identifying information to provide.

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Chairman for the FCC discusses plan to bring broadband high-speed internet access to every American.

This article talks about providing internet access and computer training to lower income families and non-computer savvy people being included in the National Broadband stimulus plan.

new linux version of a slate or tablet and is looking pretty good.

This article should be of some use to those doing a paper on sexting

Finland passes law that says that Finland is a LEGAL RIGHT and NOT a privilege. Grants 1 MB/sec to each and every citizen. Article states "Most of us can no longer perform our work duties, do homework or communicate with friends without having access to the Internet" and "People need broadband connections to live normal lives, as Finland is the first nation to acknowledge".

This could be a landmark case when it comes to cyber crime and the laws.

Article discusses how the RIAA is issuing letters to suspected copyright infringing music downloaders and sharers and asking them to turn themselves in and pay a reduced fine, which will still be in the thousands of dollars, or else they will sue them for all they have or might ever have. Lawyer from University of Southern California talks about how letters are actually just "cease and desist letters" and that suspected offenders might not want to turn themselves in because the RIAA might not be able to find out their identities otherwise since many schools ISP's are not keeping track of or releasing students' names, personally identifiable IP addresses, or other information.