Cyberbullying has become the new thing when it comes to attacking someone verbally. The only difference is that it's just a wall of text. Seriously. I believe that Cyberbullying is not an issue as anyone with a brain can just turn off their computer or block the person. It's that simple. Example, if Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old girl, would have just stayed away from social media, then she wouldn't have had the thoughts to commit suicide, which she did. (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/us/suicide-of-girl-after-bullying-raises-worries-on-web-sites.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130914&_r=0)
Sure, disconnecting from social media sucks. But what can be done about it if you're being terrorized by people online? Just delete your profiles and start a clean new slate. I was cyberbullied in grade school. I dealt with it. Now I'm happier than ever and still using the same damn username since then because it's who I am.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Legal and Ethical issues
Should information, such as movies, articles, tv shows, music and more media technologies be free?
Here is the main deal here, Copyright. The main point of a copyright, in my eyes, is for a company to make sure that no one else uses their products for profit. Example, a video game such as Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and Game Freak. People cannot go about creating content and making money using the trademarks of Pokemon, such as characters, music, sound effects, etc. But people create a lot of content to show their love and appreciation for something like this. So you go on a website like Deviant-art and see a billion pieces of art on Pokemon, some people selling prints at conventions, others mini figures they made. Copyright is difficult to enforce when there are many people.
Youtube/Google has parameters to help these companies stop users on uploading their content to Youtube.com. Now, it's all fair ,since someone made it and doesn't want someone else benefiting from work they did not do. But the problem with the Content ID program they run is that only big companies can use it. Not individual users. I've seen some of my fellow animators' work put up on other channels without permission and Youtube doing nothing to shut them down. It's unjust. (Youtube Alters Copright Algorithms, Will 'Manually' Review Some Claims)
And we can tell how much these companies have power with programs such as Content ID. Copyright is just there to make sure they make more money, and their hands in the US Government shows that. The case of Aaron Swartz is one to see indeed. The punishment the US Government was considering on Mr. Swartz was approximately 35 years in jail and millions of dollars, all for pirating articles he wished to read instead of paying for a substitution. It eventually led to his death. What the government did was harsh. You don't see rapists, murderers, and psychopaths get treated this poorly. It's unnecessary but copyright gives a lot of power and money to these people. Horrible. (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/technology/aaron-swartz-a-data-crusader-and-now-a-cause.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&partner=rss&emc=rss&)
Here is the main deal here, Copyright. The main point of a copyright, in my eyes, is for a company to make sure that no one else uses their products for profit. Example, a video game such as Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and Game Freak. People cannot go about creating content and making money using the trademarks of Pokemon, such as characters, music, sound effects, etc. But people create a lot of content to show their love and appreciation for something like this. So you go on a website like Deviant-art and see a billion pieces of art on Pokemon, some people selling prints at conventions, others mini figures they made. Copyright is difficult to enforce when there are many people.
Youtube/Google has parameters to help these companies stop users on uploading their content to Youtube.com. Now, it's all fair ,since someone made it and doesn't want someone else benefiting from work they did not do. But the problem with the Content ID program they run is that only big companies can use it. Not individual users. I've seen some of my fellow animators' work put up on other channels without permission and Youtube doing nothing to shut them down. It's unjust. (Youtube Alters Copright Algorithms, Will 'Manually' Review Some Claims)
And we can tell how much these companies have power with programs such as Content ID. Copyright is just there to make sure they make more money, and their hands in the US Government shows that. The case of Aaron Swartz is one to see indeed. The punishment the US Government was considering on Mr. Swartz was approximately 35 years in jail and millions of dollars, all for pirating articles he wished to read instead of paying for a substitution. It eventually led to his death. What the government did was harsh. You don't see rapists, murderers, and psychopaths get treated this poorly. It's unnecessary but copyright gives a lot of power and money to these people. Horrible. (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/technology/aaron-swartz-a-data-crusader-and-now-a-cause.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&partner=rss&emc=rss&)
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Privacy and Security
Privacy on the web has been a great concern in the last few months after Edward Snowden, ex-worker of the NSA, leaked files for the public to see that their government was spying on them and collecting data. Not only that, but the U.S. was also collecting data from overseas, from allies such as Germany and the U.K.
PRISM is one of those programs that the NSA use to collect and save data. Director of Nation Intelligence James R. Clapper said "information collected under this program is among the most important and valuable foreign intelligence information we collect and is used to protect our nation from a wide variety of threats." (US Intelligence Mining Data From Nine US Internet Companies In Broad Secret Program) That said, I find that the U.S. is over analyzing threats from overseas when we have the largest military in the world. Any threat that can come out of nowhere can be easily stopped by the mass amount of weapons and soldiers, and drones, we have.
Now, the fact that there are programs in your computer that analyzes what your browsing history says, what programs you use often, and how long you use them, and can be sent directly to the NSA, is a scary thought. Unfortunately, it's true. The info people have taken from them are sold to companies so that they know how to advertise themselves. It's a bold move and a smart one for marketing, but it's wrong for entering into someone's privacy without them even knowing it. (The New Gold Mine: Your Secrets)
PRISM is one of those programs that the NSA use to collect and save data. Director of Nation Intelligence James R. Clapper said "information collected under this program is among the most important and valuable foreign intelligence information we collect and is used to protect our nation from a wide variety of threats." (US Intelligence Mining Data From Nine US Internet Companies In Broad Secret Program) That said, I find that the U.S. is over analyzing threats from overseas when we have the largest military in the world. Any threat that can come out of nowhere can be easily stopped by the mass amount of weapons and soldiers, and drones, we have.
Now, the fact that there are programs in your computer that analyzes what your browsing history says, what programs you use often, and how long you use them, and can be sent directly to the NSA, is a scary thought. Unfortunately, it's true. The info people have taken from them are sold to companies so that they know how to advertise themselves. It's a bold move and a smart one for marketing, but it's wrong for entering into someone's privacy without them even knowing it. (The New Gold Mine: Your Secrets)
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