Lecture 8 summary
Internet censorship and file sharing
Censorship and internet filtering are closely related
Internet filtering- this allows for government to filter websites, it has been proposed that the net can choose what we can and cannot look at.
File sharing
The content industry – acts as a publisher on behalf of creators
Controversy arises on music download.
Intellectual property is the oil of the 21st century
The network (the internet) was built with nobody in charge, everyone is partly in charge of their own work
One big controversy includes music and movie download piracy- e.g. - stopping Napster
Consequences on piracy needs to be tougher
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