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Liz Luby

EFF: Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry - 0 views

  • The RIAA has sued more than 20,000 music fans for file sharing
  • To that end, EFF has prepared a sample list of tough questions for times when you hear entertainment industry representatives speaking and want to challenge their positions. Asking hard questions is a way of "keeping honest people honest" and revealing when they're actually being deceptive.
  • DRM has clearly failed to stop songs from getting on file sharing networks
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  • Recording off the radio is clearly permitted by copyright law and something Americans have done for over 25 years
  • Is it ever legal for me to use software like DVD Shrink or Handbrake to rip a digital copy of a DVD I own onto a video iPod or my laptop
  • Major entertainment companies have repeatedly brought lawsuits to block new technologies, including the VCR, Digital Audio Tape recorders, the first MP3 player, the ReplayTV PVR, and now P2P software.
Suzie Nestico

Digital Access - 0 views

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    Current issues related to digital access and the law and current pending laws and the interaction of US laws and Globalization
Suzie Nestico

Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs - 0 views

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    The Digital divide in America
Steve Madsen

Prototype - Software That Monitors Children's Virtual Playgrounds - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Software that monitors virtual playgrounds - prototype
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    As the number of these virtual worlds grows, so, too, does the demand for sophisticated monitoring software and people, called moderators, who can act as virtual playground monitors.
Steve Madsen

SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Tweets His Way Into The Race For California Governor - 0 views

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    an example of twitter in California
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    This morning San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced his bid for California Governor via Twitter,
Steve Madsen

Susan Boyle's virulently viral videos - web - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    example of viral event in the internet
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    Scottish singer Susan Boyle continues to break all kinds of viral internet records,
radhika chatterjee

The Internet - Your Main Entertainment Hub - 0 views

  • However, one aspect you may have over looked is that it is a central hub for entertainment.
  • Access to free entertainment could not be easier and what is better than playing in the convenience of your own home. You do not even have to leave your sofa if you do not wish to, meaning that you are able to set the scene in which you can relax, unwind and simply have fun.
  • Taking advantage of free games means you can keep all your pennies firmly in your pocket. The entertaining free games available on the net tend to be easy and come with a full set of instructions. You can enhance your game playing skill with absolutely no risk of handing over any cash.  This can boast your confidence before you decided to take part in any games that are played for real money.
radhika chatterjee

You Tube or Your own "Professional Tube": Some Considerations: GoArticles.com - 0 views

  • According to ReadWriteWeb dot com's review in June 2008, YouTube's share of the movies download pie was a staggering 75%+ … bigger than Google's slice of the search market!
  • Using YouTube to reach the media is cheap and easy. This is the biggest advantage that can gain you high visibility, especially if you have to be cost conscious. It will show almost any movie content or format, though MPEG4 is the preferred form and AVI a close second.
  • YouTube has become a repository of an incredible variety of movies, infomercials, how to videos and much more. It lets you as a viewer, stay up to date with the newest videos and movies, through its subscription service.
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  • There are lots of networking and viral marketing benefits, in reaching a wider audience; getting to know more people and learning through YouTube.
  • So there are issues associated with posting videos that feature bigotry, violence, sexually explicit materials and other abuses. Within YouTube there is a moderation process, but it can take some time before genuinely bad material is removed. There is frequent copyright infringement especially of cinema and music movies; and it remains to be seen when an effective response to this issue can be formulated.
radhika chatterjee

Capturing and Holding the Attention of The Contemporary Internet Surfer: GoArticles.com - 0 views

  • he online forum has been changing the way we grab attention, and the way we give it. In the world of cyberspace, fewer and fewer people have the concentrative patience to devote long moments of attention to text.
  • Animated graphic ads and dynamic sound effects succeed in getting but not holding attention. The average internet surfer just does not have the mindset to settle on the details, and that's what a web manager wants them to do.
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      This fits in with the needs ofthe NetGen.
  • The internet format provides a unique opportunity to use blends of imagery both motion and still, sounds both effects inspired and content driven, and text both bulleted and extrapolated. We are seeing more intelligent and blended use of these mixed media methods, and the population responds to it.
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  • Entertainment is a huge content sector, but so is education. Cooking shows, healthcare issues, charity efforts, financial advisors, and a near infinite list of additional subject potentials lend themselves to the task of effectively capturing and holding the attention of large bodies of internet traffic.
Ahmed Kiyoshi El Maghraby

Super safe hard - 0 views

  • * of networked storage to business users searching for the easiest and most technologically advanced way to share, secure and protect their most important data, including productivity application data, media files, backup data, and other digital files.
Ahmed Kiyoshi El Maghraby

credit cards cloned - 0 views

  • Using tiny technology disguised as part of the machine, the thieves then press new cards with customers' numbers and run amok
Steve Madsen

Optus says 'yes' to internet filter plan - BizTech - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Article related to Australia.
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    OPTUS customers in Sydney and Newcastle will be asked to take part in the Federal Government's controversial test of internet filters.
StephenK_mca MCA

Digital Rights & Responsibilities - 0 views

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    Digital rights and responsibilities are the rights given to us that we have to follow on the Internet and digital devices to stay safe and legal. Those rights and responsibilities should be understood before anyone uses anything digital.
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    People have similar rights online live they do in the real world. You still have what you can and cannot do online which would be your rights. Your responsibility is what you have to do and to take accountability for wrongdoing.
Kevin Shrestha

Nokia 1100 seemingly hackable, making a big comeback - 0 views

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    Someone hacked a Nokia 1100 to "receive text messaged bank passwords"
Steve Madsen

Can Google Profiles Save Your Reputation? - PC World - 0 views

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    How much data should a student give about themselves?
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    Just be prepared: Google Profiles is damned nosy. It wants to know your name, nicknames, profession, employers, colleagues, and as much biographical information as you can dredge up. It wants your photographs and all of your related Web sites, blogs, social media profiles, etc. It will automatically create a Google Map showing your "places" and, if you so choose, share your contact info with the world.
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