Netiquette

Netiquette is how you behave on-line. Netiquette affect you. Netiquette also affects people that you are talking to. An example of good netiquette is respecting the people you are communicating with. Another example is the “Golden Rule.” An example of poor netiquette is pointing out netiquette violations. Also, Breaking the law is poor netiquette.

Is Downloading Music Legal?

Free music downloading sites claim to be legal. Those statements are true, but very misleading. MP3 is legal because it is just a file format. File sharing can be legal but the majority of them on P2P networks violate copyright laws. MP3's that are made from CD's and then put on the Net by individuals who haven't got permission from the artist or music company is illegal. What is legal is when you to make a copy of a CD for your own personal use. What is illegal, is if you make more copies and give or sell them to other people. Some artists allow their songs to be downloaded from their websites. Others have embedded services in their sites that allow purchases of their singles or albums. The band Bomb The Music Industry! released all five of their albums as free downloads on their website.

Dr. Dre and the Deep Note

When the Napster maelstrom hit the recording industry, Dr. Dre, along with Metallica, was one of the first to hurl accusations of copyright infringement. Dr. Dre is furious that people are using Napster to download his song "Lolo" without permission or license. This case happened in 2001 and it also happended on Napter, a free music downloading site. http://www.benedict.com/Audio/Dre/Dre.aspx

Cuba

Cuba Project

My Favorite part about the project was putting the PowerPoint together. That part was my favorite because i already had the information and all I had to do was type it in. My least favorite part was presenting my PowerPoint in front of the class. The current information was really difficult to find about my country.

Technology Article

The article I read was called "Before you buy: 12 things to know about the iPad." This article was mainly about how the iPad is different from Laptops and Kindles. The article also tells you why there are different price ranges for the iPad. That is because the iPads that cost more, have more storage.http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-02/tech/ipad.preview_1_buy-ipad-kindle-buy-an?_s=PM:TECH