Real Life Stories

Teresa gave out her name, phone number, her hobbies, and her brother's name. I have put personal information the Internet, but it was very minimal. I think the most important thing to remember when on the Internet is to know that you aren't the only person out there and that there are people that want your information.

Eduardo took a bunch of pictures at a party and he posted them online. His principal and coach saw the pictures and were disappointed. His principal said that he broke the student athlete code of conduct and he lost his place on the swim team and his possible future scholarship. His fellow team mates that were in the photos were called to the office. He lost what could have been a very good future.

Digital Footprint Analysis

I am proud that I have nothing to hide and everything that I have on the internet is good. I wasn't surprised about anything because I have nothing bad on the internet. I am not embarrassed about anything. I would keep everything that I put on the internet good and have nothing bad on it.

Cyber Bully

When Taylor confronted the bully it wasn't realistic because most people would get bullied more after they confronted the bully. After Taylor's mom talked to the senator it seemed like he dismissed her and that would more than likely happen in real life. Most parents would go and notify someone about the cyber bullying and try to fix it. It doesn't seem possible for Taylor to become friends with her friend created the fake profile and spread false information onto the internet where everyone can see it. Her friend thought that she deserved to be bullied because she was so rude to her best friend. 

Netiquette

Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online. It affects everyone that uses the internet because you are always in contact with someone else because you aren't the only person on a webpage in any moment in time. Good netiquette includes being nice to others even if you don't think you are in contact with another person, following the rules that you would follow in everyday life, respecting other's property, knowledge, privacy, and reputation. Bad netiquette includes harassment, cyber bullying, "Flaming", giving false information, hacking people's information and computer, and taking other people's bandwidth.

What's Legal?

File sharing can be legal, but most files that are shared are violating copyright laws. MP3 files that are made from CD's and put on the internet without the copyright holder's permission is illegal. You can make a personal copy of a CD for personal use as long as you don't sell it or give it away. The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits the copying of copyrighted music except if you make a personal copy.

The penalties for breaching the copyright act could result in many years in prison and a large fee.

A&M records vs. Napster

A & M Records created a copyright infringement case against Napster in 2001 for stealing music and distributing it to anyone that wanted it. Napster offered free music downloads through peer to peer file sharing. Napster was guilty and had to pay $26 million to different recording companies and songwriters.

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