ENGL303 Spring 2010

EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.

Copyright and copyright infringement on the Internet has been a largely debated topic. Musicians, writers and artists have teamed together in recent years to stop copyright infringement on the Internet.

This "Copyright Information Services" site, gives a basic explanation of music sampling laws. It also gives the rates which musicians will have to pay to legally be able to sample another musicians music.

This site give an overview of music sampling laws, including publishing, copyright and contracts.

This article talks about why it is essential for business people to be linked in the web community. Staying connected through the web isn't only for young people anymore--everyone is doing it.

This article talks about how our generation stays connected primarily through the web and social media sites, but that we aren't really building much of a community.

This site is interesting because it is offering awards for Fan Fiction.

talks about how twitters popularity is mostly due to older users over the younger audience that is stereotypically known. this article also goes through a number of certain other popular networking sites and how it is relatively a myth that teens have made the site popular and this even as the article states goes for gadgets as well. More people over the age of 18 are buying a wii to help with there health and allow them to become more active. The age range is changing.

Hilarious website with Penguins fan blogs, comments, and photoshopped images. The photoshop images as well as the witty writing amazes me sometime. Many metaphors, sarcastic undertones and obscure references.

Mix between lap top and phone

All the up-to-date how to's and don'ts of social networks. Any type of question you have about different social networks can be found here ! Suprisingly, there is an increase of usage on cell phones for social networks.

Coca-Cola plans to create ad involving social media for their big super bowl ad. Does this mean that the vast majority of different audience members understand and know what social media is and how it works?

Apples version of the nook or the kindle.

A mother tells her account of how Facebook occupies 20 hours every week including time she should have been helping her kids with their homework.

Before the internet became popular, the only way to get custom printed t-shirts or merchandise was to physically go to some kind of specialty store. Cafepress.com allows you to create your own designs and print them on any number of items. The most interesting part is that all content is public, so that others can see your designs and buy them if they want. Thus, ordinary people now have the opportunity to design clothes from home, and possibly sell some as well.

I wasn't in class last Thursday so I missed the in class tutorial for Quicktime. I was trying to find something online to teach myself. This is an obvious place to go for help with the Quicktime if any needs it. This site also may have been used in class or already bookmarked but I figured it would probably be useful.

Another documentary called GOOD COPY BAD COPY that deals with issues surrounding music copyright, sampling, and intellectual property.

"Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age."

A political satire website that presents itself as a webstore for people worried about terrorists in America.