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Being nice, and respectful on the Internet is something that everyone should do. There are many people who don't fallow netiquette rules, and it may be hurtful to people who don't understand our humor. These guidelines are just a set of rules that make the Internet a safe and happy place for everyone to use.

Creative commons are a form of licences that allow for many things to happen with 6 separate licenses. Many for only reproducing and redistributing the product non-commercially, though some can be used for commercial purposes. These license allow for anybody to share reproduce and redistribute the product as long as credit is given to the owner/creator of the copyright. There is three ways they can be read by lawyers and lawmakers the everyday person and machines like computers. This allows for programs to recognize them.

Another article on a recent case in Washington about digital copyright internationally. It goes into some detail on some of the issues regarding the music business and the copyright issues regarding international artists. 

This is a great website that covers a few basic international agencies and what they do to help protect copyright. It also included a few international treaties that have had a major impact on international copyright. 

This article discusses some of the larger areas of Facebook's privacy settings. The things that you should know about if you have a Facebook account.

A DJ called Danger Mouse took The Beatles White Album and mixed it with Jay-z's the Black album. It was a hit but it also violate copyright laws. Though he didn't make any profit he still violated it.

A 12 year old student at a school in Minnewaska was forced to give up her password and username in order for her school to view comments made about the student. The ACLU filed a suit on behalf of the student against the Minnewaska Area Schools.  

This article is about a girl who was forced to give her username and password for her Facebook account, to her school. The school didn't have a warrant or permission of any kind to take her information, which violates her constitutional rights. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the school for this violation.

The article "ACLU, 12-Year Old Sue Minnesota School Over Facebook Incident" was about a 12-year old girl. The girl in this article was refered as R.S. Issues starting coming up when R.S. had something on Facebook that said the school's hall monitor hated her. The school forced her to give them her username and password then searched her page. After, a son's mom complained to the school that R.S. and her son were talking about sex online. Once the school demanded to go through her account again, the ACLU charged them for not giving her the freedom of speech and unreasonably searching though her stuff. This was violating the First and Fourth Amendment since the two incidents. In the end R.S. didn't get in trouble but the school did.

Another celebrity has there personal information hacked.  Shows how we need to be more responsible for what we take photos and video of as more people are having their emails and phones hacked. 

This is a very nice website. It has a lot of good tips for e-mail etiquette!:)

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Site with access data worldwide

Consequences of inappropriate netiquette at college/university level

Article sharing one classrooms involvement in the Digiteen 11-3 project. Great video that includes excellent results from a school-wide survey.

A curriculum for developing digital citizenship and safety while online

Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup