Netiquette

Netiquette is a set of rules for how you act online. Most of these rules are not written anywhere or are not explained to you when you get on the internet. They are mostly common sense. Netiquette affects everybody who uses the internet. some examples of good netiquette are; not starting "flame" wars, being forgiving of people's mistakes, and respecting others privacy. Some examples of bad netiquette are cyber bullying or participating in flame wars, reading other people's emails or private documents, or not being ethical.

What's Legal?

Downloading music can be illegal if not your not paying for it. Music can be downloaded in MP3 format online on many various sites but many of these sites are illegal. Downloading the music without paying or uploading paid for music for others to download is illegal. Itunes and other pay-for-your-music sites are perfectly legal, and so is downloading the music if the artist offers it for free. this doesn't always have to apply to music either, it can be games, movies, or books too. People living in this age of technology,especially teenagers, are downloading music illegally all the time and they might not even know that it is illegal.

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Copyright Lawsuit

Fantasy, Inc, who was the recording label for Creedence Clearwater Revival sued John Fogerty, the former lead singer. They sued him for stealing a song that he wrote but the record company now had rights to (after he left the band was forced to give up his right to the music). Fogerty wrote "Run through the jungle" while he was with CCR and then after going solo released the song "The old man down the road". Fantasy Inc. thought that "The old man down the road" was the same song as "Run through the jungle" but with different lyrics. Fantasy Inc. sued Fogerty and the court sided with Fogerty saying that the songs were not the same. 

Sweden Research Project

I thought overall this project was fun. I learned a lot about Sweden and the people and places there. Bu I believe the funnest part was the research on the ice hotel, I really want to go there now! I found my research material rather easily because all of my locations had a specific website and there were numerous fact websites about Sweden. I thought the presenting went over rather well, I had a little bit of trouble at first but I then got in to a groove and just went on through. Normally I am a really bad public speaker but this presentation was different. For future research projects I would suggest animals, sports/movie/music stars, or  past presidents.

CNN Tech Article

I found this cool tech article on CNN. In the article multiple writers from the tech division of CNN comment on things that they want to happen in the tech world. they suggest a new social networking site, affordable 3-D printers, and for all the big name tech companies to stop suing each other. the article is an interesting read and there are many ideas that I completely agree with.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/tech/innovation/tech-2013-wishes/index.html