This is the U.S. Copyright Office's web portal to pre-register, register and submit for copyright. I have used this for musical works and lyrical work for songwriters and artists. Easy to use navigation and explanation of terms. A great one stop shop to begin the process of copyrighting your material. This is a department of the Library of Congress.
Thank you for sharing this information, Jon. It's great to hear that you found the process to be easy to understand and navigate. The site and the online process definitely simplifies things.
Under Copyright Law, ALL music passed through Napster should have had adequate permissions for distribution and the case extended from the original claims to the Ninth Circuit filing an injunction against Napster.
This highlighted passage reffences a clause in the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Despite all of that, you're legally prohibited from sharing your music on a large scale. Posting the actual song files online is particularly problematic. The recording industry even fought Amazon's Cloud Drive, which allows the online storage and playback of digital music without any
First, the norms around elite educational access are changing, and some of the Ivy walls are coming down with regard to sharing access to elite institutions and academics. iTunesU allowed
Khan Academy,
Where such toys and tools impel a new demographic toward technology, these platforms are truly bringing down the costs of technical literacy, and insofar as this has positive impact, they are accretive to society
2001 in Kyllo v. United States (533 U.S. 27) it was decided that the use of thermal imaging devices that can reveal previously unknown information without a warrant does indeed constitute a violation of privacy
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Privacy and the Internet
The Internet has brought new concerns about privacy in an age where computers can permanently store records of everything: "where every online photo, status update, Twitter post and blog entry by and about us can be stored forever," writes law professor and author Jeffrey Rosen
has an effect on employment. Microsoft reports that 75 percent of U.S. recruiters and human-resource professionals now do online research about candidates, often using information provided by search engines, social-networking sites, photo/video-sharing sites, personal web sites and blogs, and Twitter. They also report that 70 percent of U.S. recruiters have rejected candidates based on internet information.[
s created a need by many to control various online privacy settings in addition to controlling their online reputations, both of which have led to legal suits against various sites and employers.
Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age. At the heart of the Internet culture is a force that wants to find out everything about you. And once it has found out everything about you and two hundred million others, that's a very valuable asset, and people will be tempted to trade and do commerce with that asset. This wasn't the information that people were thinking of when they called this the information age.
Privacy uses the theory of natural rights, and generally responds to new information and communication technologies. In North America, Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis wrote that privacy is the "right to be let alone" (Warren & Brandeis, 1890) focuses on protecting individuals.
Privacy rights are inherently intertwined with information technology.
Definitions
In recent years there have been only few attempts to clearly and precisely define a "right to privacy."
Some experts assert that in fact the right to privacy "should not be defined as a separate legal right" at all. By their reasoning, existing laws relating to privacy in general should be sufficient.[
] Other experts, such as Dean Prosser, have attempted, but failed, to find a "common ground" between the leading kinds of privacy cases in the court system, at least to formulate a definition.[16]
"privacy in the digital environment," suggests that the "right to privacy should be seen as an independent right that deserves legal protection in itself." It has therefore proposed a working definition for a "right to privacy":
individual right
new technologies alter the balance between privacy and disclosure, and that privacy rights may limit government surveillance to protect democratic processes. Westin defines privacy as "the claim of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others".
Each individual is continually engaged in a personal adjustment process in which he balances the desire for privacy with the desire for disclosure and communication of himself to others, in light of the environmental conditions and social norms set by the society in which he lives
Privacy protection
Privacy law is the area of law concerning the protecting and preserving of privacy rights of individuals. While there is no universally accepted privacy law among all countries, some organizations promote certain concepts be enforced by individual countries.
article 12, states:
arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against
such interference or attacks.
No one shall be subjected to
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There are many means to protect one's privacy on the internet. For example e-mails can be encrypted[35] and anonymizing proxies or anonymizing networks like I2P and Tor can be used to prevent the internet service providers from knowing which sites one visits and with whom one communicates.
Covert collection of personally identifiable information has been identified as a primary concern by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Privacy and location-based services
As location tracking capabilities of mobile devices are increasing, problems related to user privacy arise, since user's position and preferences constitute personal information and improper use of them violates user's privacy. Several methods to protect user's privacy when using location based services have been proposed, including the use of anonymizing servers, blurring of information e.a. Methods to quantify privacy have also been proposed, to be able to calculate the equilibrium between the benefit of providing accurate location information and the drawbacks of risking personal privacy.
digital literacy = digital tool knowledge + critical thinking + social engagement.
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Digital Safety and Security (self-protection): this issue relates to a person's well-being and safety online, technically meaning on the computer and on the internet
one protects themselves by remembering to not share all their personal information such as their whereabouts and phone numbers.
While she is on the road, Alisa is able to keep up with her assignments online. Her laptop is always on hand so she can quickly see what work she needs to do. Her computer also lets her stay connected to friends and her host families, who have become more like real family.
Internet is so important to Alisa because it allows her to stay in touch with people from her travels.
Social media in China is different than in other countries due to the special political situation and economic environment. China has social networks that are the equivalent of Facebook and Twitter, but in this country they are used in slightly different ways. “People in the U.S. use Twitter more like casual talking,” says Hanwen. “In China people use social media more to share formal news.”
The name is an allusion to the manner in which diseases spread--these videos, like a new strain of flu virus, start out being shared among a few people.
an online community of people with a common interest who use a Web site or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information, resources, etc.: a business-oriented social network.
Viral Videos are online videos which gain mass popularity through Internet Sharing, such as entertainment websites, e-mail messages or suggesting a friend watch it
Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With the features professionals use and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once. Splashup runs in all browsers, integrates seamlessly with top photo-sharing sites, and even has its own file format so you can save your work in progress.