Netiquette :)

Netiquette is etiquette of the net, or the unwritten rules of the internet. It pretty much is know what to do on the internet. Netiquette affects everyone on the web. Some examples of good netiquette is not flaming, not spaming & Learking before you leap. Some poor examples of netiquette would be Flaming a friend, Spaming a chat room, & talking about something you think you know verses what you actually know about a topic.  

Social Network :)

Social networking is a site that you can communicate with others. It has five characteristics that you may look at that makes up a social network. The things that make up a social network are if they are user based, Interactive, Community driven, Relationships, & the emotional content. A digital Footprint is a log of everything you do online. Like when you post a picture, update your status, or when you search a web page. Social networks affect digital footprints by having everything that you do on a social network open to view on this digital footprint. That means that any employer or college can look at what you have done on the internet. This means that you need to watch what you put online.

Is downloading music legal?!

Lets face it, Copyright is confusing. Many don't understand how it works & what is considered copyright. The biggest copyright is music. Many people love to take short cuts on paying for music. There many different sites that say that it is 100% legal for you to download this, when in reality it's not. You may wonder; is MP3 legal? The answer is yes, MP3 is just a format that is used to store the music file. It is illegal if you copy the music onto a CD and give it to a friend. You are allowed to make copies if it is only for personal use. The only legal way to share music is on a Peer to peer website. Copyright is a form of protection given to the authors or creators of "original works of authorship". To sum it all up it's illegal for anyone to take any work created by someone else without their permission.

Avril Lavigne VS The Rubinoos - Copyright Case

In 2007, the Rubinoos's sued for plagiarism of their song "I wanna be your Boyfriend" to Avril's song "Girlfriend". Avril's song's chorus was extremely close to The Rubinoos's chorus. In the end, Avril ended up paying money back to the Rubinoos's. There isn't an amount that i found online to which she payed back to the Rubinoos's.   (information from: http://idolator.com/343395/avril-lavigne-settles-suit-flings-a-pile-of-money-at-the-rubinoos)

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My Switzerland Poster :)

Research Project Wrap-up! :)

My favorite part of my presentation was talking about my tour stops. My least favorite part was how I didn't know how to pronounce some of the words so i felt like I was stuttering a lot on what could have been simple words. I learned many new things about Switzerland. The most difficult thing was trying to find more about my tour stops. They were kind of self explanatory so I didn't have much to say in front of the class. In the future I think a good research topic would be finding out the background of your favorite celebrity.

My Year In Review! :)

My highlight of 2011 is meeting some of the most amazing people ever & becoming closer with my cousin. That was probably the best thing that could happen. My low point of 2011 is when my pretty much my whole family moved to Florida. It was probably the worst thing ever, it sucked so bad because I was really close with all of my family. Then it seemed like one day they just picked up and moved. Something that I would like to change about 2011 is losing some of my best friends over stupid things, and also drifting apart from my best friend. My goal for 2012 is to not die on dooms day & be a better friend and person overall, & lastly get healthier. If i was given $100,000 at the beginning of this year i would get a new wardrobe, Move to Tennessee, & help my grandparents get out of debt with what i have left of the money.