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These are some fun games to be used with young students. Civics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy.

Wind forward 10 years, and a lot of those same companies are now struggling with the next generation of online interaction, Social Media. That's Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums, the lot. And if they don't have a properly planned strategy to interact with the promptness and openness that people expect, there can be trouble.

Presentation at the Internet Governance Forum from a Pew Internet staffer on user attitudes and wants when it comes to Internet governance.

Intriguing editorial on how our digital selves are lacking in complexity and narrative. Here's an abridged version of the Kenyon College commencement speech mentioned in the article delivered by Jonathan Franzen, written for the NY Times: http://www.edrants.com/what-jonathan-franzen-didnt-include-in-his-new-york-times-op-ed/.

Commentary from Jessamyn West: "What we do know is that the US Government has indicted Aaron Swartz [who you may know around the internet for any number of things] for, apparently and allegedly, downloading 4mil articles from JSTOR without (I think?) the proper credentials. Aaron turned himself in. At issue are many points of JSTORs terms of service and what sort of access is given to guests of the university. As Aaron is a net activist, I'm certain this is some level of intentional move on his part, I'm quite curious to see where it goes."

No wonder so many people cheat at quizzo. Also like this quote at the end: "The internet and technology in general is a huge part of people's lives. It makes no sense to me that we're not studying it more," she said. Go us?

Fun interactive infographic about aspects of the Internet including connectivity, social networking use, censorship and more.

A CS professor in a business school talks about cheating -- interesting intersection of technology, social behavior, and ethics from a SI perspective.

With the information explosion of the 21st century, copyright law is now considered a central element of the nation's information economy. Whether the issue is downloading music or distance education, traditional copyright principles are being applied to new technologies in a way few could have predicted. This research guide helps its readers select useful print and electronic materials on the American copyright law. The guide focuses on the Copyright Act of 1976, but refers to other intellectual property fields and international copyright where applicable.

SEOUL | Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:48am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc's Korean unit has paid compensation to a user of its popular iPhone after collecting location data without consent, lawyers and court officials said, the first payout by the company over these complaints.

The lawsuits have begun...

Yes, they have!

Here's a link to the debate about the Three Strikes Your Off policy that Doctorow discusses in his interview.

I Came across this copyright timeline yesterday. Gives a good synopsis of some famous cases and how they brought about changes in the law.

Reminds me of Jane McGonical's talk on games as a means of social change. This game was created by American Public Media, but I wonder the extent to which, if at all, they could source some of the ideas as real recommendations.

Post about Genevieve Bell, the director of Intel Corporation's Interaction and Experience Research, and her views on moral panic - especially when it comes to women and children - over new technology.

My favorite cranky librarian casts a skeptical eye towards a social media survey, and (as always) Library 2.0 - worth reading the blog and the survey it talks about/links to.

Comparing giving up a computer's password to giving up a key to a safe. No court precedent exists. Encryption, is it a legal barrier that can be created to protect potentially illegal data?

Well, someone is trying for the "librarians as info people" thing, let's see how it goes.

My boyfriend works for Comedy Central and he helped with rebranding. I was very interested in how they came up with a logo that looked just like the copyright logo. It wasn't a coincidence. Comedy Central held a small press conference to herald its new clean, minimal logo: a small "c" enveloped in another larger, backwards "c" with the word "central," inverted. If it looks kind of like an "@" symbol, that's on purpose, says the network, which just released new iPad apps for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and "America's most horrific web videos" series Tosh.0.

Maria Pallante Appointed Register of Copyrights Register's Testimony: Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online: The ART Act, the NET Act and Illegal Streaming Register's Testimony: Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online: Legitimate Sites v.

posting for nadine

Americans who illegally download songs and movies may soon be in for a surprise: They will be warned to stop, and if they don't, they could find their Internet access slowing to a crawl.

Ug.