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Music Copyrighting - 0 views

  • the Business Software Alliance is a "far less unpopular organization" than the RIAA. I think the answers are quite illuminating. First, BSA's members have always offered their products for sale to the public, through any channel that wants to sell them. Second, BSA's members are consumer-oriented; they try to develop products that respond to consumers' needs, and not, the reverse: focusing on what they want to sell to consumers.
  • It is true that there have in the past been complaints about the music industry from the public and retailers -- retailers, almost all of whom have been driven out of business. These complaints are though about poor business practices, not business practices. The complaints aren't that the record industry is a business, but that it has been poorly run as a business.
  • The CD is not a fair fight with the download.
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  • Third, because consumers can easily purchase BSA's members products, those who copy without paying are simply scofflaws. I think the fact that the public does not object to BSA's campaign proves my point and disproves yours and the music industry's: people do not want things for free; they are willing to pay for them. If people were simply thieves, then they would have an even stronger reaction against the BSA because the price spread between copying and buying is so much vaster than with music.
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Digital TV fails - 0 views

  • Americans who only gets TV signals over the air, you may find yourself with some new options,
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      social impact = no TV available for people
  • The cold economic facts are that broadcasters collectively spent $10 billion just switching over to digital TV. And content is expensive: Producing just one evening newscast can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      economic impact on T.V. companies
  • we've got the digital TV," Copps says. "Now what are we going to do with it?"
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      more TV = not better quality
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Battling swine flu in cyberspace - 1 views

  • battling swine flu
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      AREA OF IMPACT: HEALTH
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it,"
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE - PEOPLE (AWARENESS) , POLICY (SPREAD INFORMATION VIA GAME)
  • The game is played online
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      IT SYSTEMS (COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS)
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  • "Its purpose is simply to create another avenue of information."
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      AREAS OF IMPACT: EDUCATION (SPREADING INFORMATION)
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
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End of the Music Industry? - 1 views

  • First, piracy punched a big hole in it
  • music streaming
  • Recording Industry Association of America
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    Graph of types of media used in recording music and rise and fall over time (LP, 8-track. cassette, CD, etc.)
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    Graph of types of media used in recording music and rise and fall over time (LP, 8-track. cassette, CD, etc.)
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Tech 'has changed foreign policy' - 0 views

  • "Massive changes in technology have allowed the possibility of people linking up around the world,"
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      Communicating system
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loosing money through ebay - 0 views

  • But as these businesses have grown and gained popularity, security issues have also surfaced. Fears over identity theft, account theft, phishing (typically sending out fake e-mails that copy the appearance of trustworthy Web sites in order to dupe unsuspecting customers into giving out sensitive information) or buying faulty or broken products have always been a problem for eBay.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      Fake, old, broken and unworthy products are sold on this site, making it an unreliable source.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (SOCIAL, Security) People sell items for twice the price and can also steal money from the credit cards issued on this site, in other words theft of identity and account which highly insecure and can also violate privacy.
  • the online auction site eBay.com is the perfect place to find a treasure trove of hard-to-find products and collectibles.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      A communication system through which people purchase needed products and collectibles. (internet website)
  • One of a bidder's worst nightmares is spending lots of money on an item, only to receive the wrong product or nothing at all.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (Impact, Business) Ebay is mainly a site where people do their social/personal business, for example biding and buying clothes and shoes. This can be a great rip of because no one knows how good their purchasing item is. it causes a big loss in their own business
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West Africa looses and regains internet connection - 0 views

  • A cable fault that caused a major blackout
  • causing severe problems for its banking sector, government and mobile phone networks.
  • Services were severely disrupted or knocked out in Togo, Niger and Benin.
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  • Countries had to either reroute traffic overland or use expensive satellite links to maintain connectivity.
  • Nigeria was particularly badly hit because around 70% of its bandwidth is routed through neighbouring Benin.
  • SAT-3 cable lands in eight West African countries as it winds its way between Europe and South Africa.
  • by Suburban Telecom, was set up to bypass Nigeria's principal telecoms operator Nitel which runs the SAT-3 branch cable which lands in Nigeria.
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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Science and the Environment, Politics and Government IMPACT
  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
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    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
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Pirate Party launches UK poll bid - 1 views

  • non-commercial internet file-sharing
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Social and Ethical Impact: Intellectual property
  • peer-to-peer networking
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      IT Systems in a Social Context: Software Applications Communications Systems --downloading illegally off other people through the internet
  • future government policy,
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Areas of Impact: -Government
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  • entertainment industry
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Areas of Impact: Entertainment
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Response to adolescent "sexting" (ars technica) Criterion A - 2 views

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    This site has the article that i would be writing my portfolio about. Basically it talks about the different consequences and issues that arise due to sexting amongst teenagers.
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The Net closes in on internet piracy - 0 views

  • Seven million people could be criminalised under government plans to crack down on internet piracy,
    • Eunice Vincent
       
      social: control
  • The illicit downloading of music and films on the internet,
    • Eunice Vincent
       
      it systems: communications
  • persuaded by the argument for tough laws to curb illegal file-sharing after an intensive lobbying campaign by influential people in the music and film industry.
    • Eunice Vincent
       
      areas of impact: arts and entertainment
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  • Individuals would be hit by restricted internet access – from slowing down broadband to blocking access altogether – and could face fines of up to £50,000.
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