FTC

What are the duties of FTC? To promote fair competition through the enforcement of certain aintitrust law; to prevent lies; and keep the congress infomed.
  How does copyright and CC fall into this category? The FTC helps out with the copyright and makes sure that it is all working right and same with the CC.

vocab

1. Ones i know- creative commons, intellectual properties, copyright, public domain, freeware, shareware, attribution, commercial use, share-alike, derivative, virus, hacking, identity theft, cloud, filesharing.

2. Ones i don't know- open source- denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed with or without modification , firewall- A part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication, piracy-

the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work, malware- Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems, phishing- The activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company, data back-ups- refers to making copies of data so that the additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, cookies- A packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser.

Copyright laws

When you write music, you immediately have copyrights because it is your own work but you are in control of those copyrights' laws. The copyrights last until the artist of the music pass away and with an additional 70 years added on. Also, copyrights ahve to be renewed by 1923-1977Having copyrights to music or lyrics really means that your having protection over your personal writing(s) and that other people may not sell off or record, ect. the music or lyrics depending on what choosen law was written. The current year for public domain music in the US is 1922 or earlier.The proof of public domain is the proof of music, lyrics, ect. being available to be copied or copyrighten. You may only copyright 18% of the music or lyrics when copyrighting.

Bright Tunes Music Corp. said that George Harrison plagiarized the song they had written, but he was found not guilty by the judge.

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identity theft

What mistakes did this woman make to have her identity stolen? She uses her debit card unwisely and uses it almost anywhere she went. Why do you feel ID Theft is such a common problem these days? I think it’s because people don’t take very good care of their personal stuff. What type of documents or personal belongings would someone have to obtain to steal a person’s identity? I would say mainly their social security number. What are some ideas that you would suggest to someone to protect their identity from being stolen? Check your credit report regularly, shred your personal stuff, don’t give out social security number unless you know the person personally or a bank, ect.

Who do you think is to blame, the person stealing the identity, or the person who is not protecting themselves from identity theft? Both because the person stealing it shouldn’t even try in the first place and then the other person should take responsibility and protect their identity.

Emerging Technology

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The Turbo Fire EVO Wireless Xbox Controller with cheat-friendly LCD display is some of the newest technology in 2011. It is used to get easier access to the settings and profiles. This controller is usable in many different ways with gaming and downloading. It accepts two AA batteries like any other controller. I think the controller could really help out with any big time gamer.