Media law or media ethics case from 2009/10 involving Copyright

http://isohunt.com/

ISO Hunt is a P2P or Peer to Peer file sharing service that dodges loop holes in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and focuses on decentralization. The service is a evolution from many services before it but its popular predecessor was Napster, another online file sharing service that is centralized.


The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), is a  adds measure to the current copyright laws that are in place to prevent piracy but in the digital field. However DMCA has laws that protect online service providers from having potential violation cases against them thus the possibility of providers harboring pirate's is very high. Napster is a service that can hide under the loopholes of service providers by providing files that are uploaded by users on one server, thus the term centralized. DMCA caught onto Napster because it held all the illegal material on its drives.

isoHunt is a sharing system that isnt centralized with all of its data on one server but on the users computers. Using a client to connect and find files among millions of users, one user can find a files and have a fast download due to other peers assisting with their own uploads. Thus it is hard to pinpoint an owner since there is no central server.

Today this is one of the newer forms of file sharing that makes the task more effortless and at the same time harder to have litigation to have justice for the creators of those files. This is a continuing battle to have copyright laws to be applied to these new sharing trends to stop cybercrime.

Propaganda with TUBE MEN!!!

• Repetition

This type of propaganda deals with a jingle or word that is repeated over and over again, thus getting it stuck in someones head, so they can buy the product. The "Repetition" method has been described previously. Ad nauseam

This argument approach uses tireless repetition of an idea. An idea, especially a simple slogan, that is repeated enough times, may begin to be taken as the truth. This approach works best when media sources are limited and controlled by the propagator.

• Glittering generalities

Glittering generalities are emotionally appealing words applied to a product or idea, but which present no concrete argument or analysis. A famous example is the campaign slogan "Ford has a better idea!"

My Academic Research Project on Internet Software Piracy

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late post but I would like to share with you all a preview of what I will be talking about in class for my project. My topic is tied to "Internet Software Piracy", a growing concern in this digital world where more ways of our lives are being integrated into computers in the form of software. In this been a growing trend and has brought problems to the economy mainly due to the conflict of opinions about the digital network being a free service for information to be shared or to have privacy and ownership that requires authorization or payment. A clip I will probably be using for my project is this 10 minute flash clip of "No Copy", a flash movie about media producers getting as much money as they can from consumers.

Internet and About my Intersts in Social Media Web Sites

Well after trying to count how many site there are on Wikipedia, there is more than 100 for sure because it was too hard to count them all. When I think about it a little more, that is not right. There are TONS more sites. Granted these might have the most traffic, but when you look at car forum alone, there is seriously a social networking forum for most makes and most models of cars. Its perplexing to me how that isn't a social networking site since you  find other like you, who own the same car or have things in common about car, them to talk about the good, the bad, how to fix your car, or how to make them better, and to make social gatherings or have relations online about your car. Even business is part of this site, where people open up virtual shops and share movies and video about how their own cars perform or of friends and of their friends.

But for sites that I do know, there are quite a few. The main ones that I know is Facebook, Myspace, Xanga, Google Buzz, Friendster, Twitter, Tumblr; ok that is enough because I know allot and do you really need to know? I know all of these and more to keep up with friends and family. But as trends go, you go to what is more refined, user friendly, and has most features and that by far goes to Facebook for having a very intuitive web service. Secondly would have to be a website that I log on everyday for my car called 9thgencorolla.com, a website dedicated to the 2003-2008 Toyota Corolla. We talk about everything since we are one of the most active car groups for economy cars bringing many sub channels in the "off topic section" for anything other than cars. Seriously check it out, become a member or accept the terms of our site and be wow'ed by what we happen to talk about. By far with thousands of members across the world and even more in terms of traffic reaching more than 10 thousand viewers every day at times for a day.

9thgen also has been one of the neatest sites that has helped me though my life. For one it gave me my friends. In highschool I had friends that came to school, and left when it was over. Some of these indaviduals leaving for good never to say a word because we moved on with out lives and let it happen mutually. However with 9thgen, I have over 5 solid friends that I meet often and help out with business and spending time to hang out and enjoy life with many more that meet to congregate at our gatherings in the Bay Area chapter of our community. So many infact are here that we created a club called BAC, Bay Area Corolla, that has united with over 5 other toyota car clubs for gatherings, fundraiders, and shows in multiple cities. If you like to check out a car meet, check out the Northen California section for meets and local deals!

Seriously, nice stuff we do year after year. Check it out

Television and a Video on a Chapter of my Mass Media Book!

 Today I have to write about a YouTube video that ties to the dynamics of mass media taught in my class. I have been very peckish lately and knew of a great movie that describes social media that links into chapter 2 of my book. It incorporates a fundamental viewpoint of social media while making you think of food. I like that. Check it out!




Length of the Video : 3:44
· Plain English on how social media works.
· Chapter 2 Media impact: Social science Perspectives

· Chose the best choice to fill in the blank.
  Social media message boards brings _____
a) added costs to advertising and reviewing products.
b) doesn't use modern technology to share information
c) quality feedback to improve product for free.
d) a cumbersome way to find information on quality products.
e)None of these are appropriate to fill in the blank
· An answer to the quiz question is "c"

Movies of 2k9, and my Favorite Was?!?

Ok, its way to hard for me to chose a top movie of 2k9. I really dont like to chose favorites for things like this since you get so much out of these films! I guess for now I would settle on Star Trek because I am a fan of the series, and this movie is visually awesome! Like many before it, series have been a big thing, and they are doing a 3 part movie series for this alternate dimension story. If you dont like Star Trek before, this is a great way yo get into the genre of sci fi!

Now if i were to talk about a movie of all time, whoa, that totally hard to say. But to make this part of my awesome blog entry, you should think of this movie that I watch probably 3-5 times a year just for review. This movie is called Walking Life, a movie of vignettes of people giving their two cents that intertwine to give multiple approaches philosophically or logically about life and the universe.

The rating were not so hot, but to understand the world we live in you need it from multiple perspectives and this is perfect start. Check the links for Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB.com .

Here are some clips of just one of the many discussions about us and life.

Language:



Whats bigger, Fear or Laziness?:



View of a Life vs. a Dream:



A Point of View on Free Will:

If I Were to Start a Magazine, What Would it Be?

I thought about creating a magazine and I found it hard to create on Sunday but got an idea just now! Wired recently had a cover article stating that this is the new industrial revolution and that all you need is an idea and a garage and you could be the next big thing in this generation. So why not have a magazine for the start of this? Granted its already 2010, it can be started for 2011 with reports of the efforts done in the last year.

The name of the magazine I thought should reflect the movement that is happening with business in the nation. "New Business Now" I think is quite appropriate. On the title of the magazine it should be labeled "NbN" Since long names are hard to remember something simple like an acronym is great for magazines in my opinion for quick understanding.

The target demographic is everyone. NbN is a magazine that will be designed for the child coming out of high school if not younger, to the elderly man perfecting an idea for years releasing it at the right time to the right market. This magazine wouldn't be biased towards men and women, ethnicity, or income. It happened many times in society that the men and women can go from rags to riches and lose it all only to do it again and the coverage can be amazing to viewers. the result will be giving identity to anyone who thought about starting something big in the new generation to give a image and direction to the viewer.

In the past there have been many magazines targeting small business, but they fail because of economies. This is a new recession and is an opportune time to start a magazine to cover the wave that is to come. If it is small, it will enhance it, if large it will stimulate it and being developed in a time with more digital viewers vs analog paper reader will harness viewers to stay in circulation.

Advertisers are always needed to keep the magazine afloat. For NbN the ideal advertisers are the readers themselves. Businesses helping businesses with information and power to reach a pinnacle of synergy that hasn't been seen in years. Desirable advertisers are hiring agencies, manufacturers, advertisers, engineering firms, legal firms, and many more that have the mindset to make connections with small business's to create new monoliths in the new economy to form.

Articles for the first Issue is key to establish legitimacy for the magazine. Theorized is to have articles on small business networking to jump start the confidence of new entrepreneurs. To support this article is to have basic on the elements of a business to give readers a basic understanding like if the reader were to take on a entrepreneurship class at a community college. thus articles in advertising, marketing, inventory, communications and psychology would be excellent additions in the premiere issue.

The covers of NbN will be the readers themselves broken down into four quadrants. Four up and coming business starters will be on each corner with a small description of their field and what is unique about themselves. In the center will be an all star of the small business world creating headway. This style will never change but will have other catch phrases from articles superimposed on the cover to hook new readers.

3 Books that I had the most influence on me.

Most of the books that made an impact to me is ever class I have taken and their required reading material. Seriously, you learn so much about how things are in our world by taking more and more classes and reading different material. But to think about 3 books that you could find anywhere, here are some to look at:

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki

This book teaches people the lessons that Robert Kiyosaki had as a kid growing up in the business world. Many people don't know, and sadly don't care about business and the intricacies about them. This book tells a story how business affects themselves, from networking and how it makes you realize that importance, the basic common sense about an economy, and skill to live in today's society rather than work.

How to Master the Art of SELLING by Tom Hopkins:

Tom Hopkins is a world famous salesman and has taught many how to communicate to one another. Many should not see this book as strictly being a sales person, it helps one interact with anyone. Too much have I seen people of my generation give up business opportunities for themselves, or just good friendships, or to acquaintances because they couldn't communicate. This is a great read to better yourself at communicating no matter how confident you think you are because we are all lacking some fundamentals and this develops a good base at any age.

The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby:

This 3 book series is insightful to the use of a digital cameras with fascinating straightforward descriptions along with a picture on each page to effectively visualize the tricks of photography. The series by far and taken my life to new levels allowing me to visualize and capture the world to share with my family and friends and hopefully my own family to show the history of my life. Written in a style that gives you the sense you are walking with a friend who is a photographer as you are anxious to ask questions, each page in each book covers one aspect of photography to better any ones skills.

McLuhan's theory of A Camera

In my last class session we learned about a neat guy called McLuhan and how he had a neat diagram to describe how a particular facet that is part of our lives is enhanced by it, then reversed if taken too far, allowed us to retrieve something fundamental, and at the same time making something obsolete. I thought about it for a bit, and chose to put it on the back burner because of my interest in photography was much more interesting. But today, on this rainy day, after uploading some pictures of my rabbits in my yard, MY Digital SLR would be great to use in this situation!

When thinking of how the camera has enhanced our lives that has to be our resolution. The detail and the tonality of what we can see in pictures is boggling. Just in the past 70 or so years has color been readily available to the general public to widely use thanks to Kodak. And for those who are part of my generation that was born in the 1980's, the first production digital image sensors came out in the 90's when we were in elementary school! My uncle was one of those guys who had to have the latest camera and he had a Canon early model digital still camera that was well over $500 when we can get that EXACT technology for less than 20 bucks. In professional camera of the early 90's was over 1800 for just 1 measly megapixel of resolution from Nikon's first practical DSLR in 1999 that was 2.7mp for no less than $5000!!! Nikon has some huge milestones but now Canon is its biggest competitor and for a semi professional Canon 5D MKII is $2900 for 24 megapixel resolution bringing it to around $120 in 2010. From limited film laced with silver to ridiculous sensors teamed up with glass to take a picture of a moon billions of miles away, if baffles the mind!!

But with all this technology what happens if it is taken way too far? Cameras can soon have a sensor that is 30 megapixles and is affordable for the masses. Teamed up with a wide angle lens made out of glass that creates images so sharp you can shave with it, that would mean you can have a picture well beyond the size of an a door and make out almost anything in that photograph! If one of my photography friends who do this for a living sell a photograph of a model in a city and there are people behind them too an add agency, theoretically it could mean that the people behind that model although out of focus, with an image that large you can really enhance it to find out who they look like. Then their mug will be all over a billboard and someone might get offended and sue my friend because their face is now part of a lingerie add, done outside, as a evocative add, and some poor soul who are sensitive was captured and digitized and distributed in a magazine across the world. If not that, military forces have really cool lens optics that can render your licence plate from orbit, now what do you say to that?!

What it makes obsolete is film cameras. Although still used today and has it place, digital makes photography more economical. If you cant grasp that, imagine you being a cool photographer taking a bunch of shots of something you totally love to make some real money with a film camera! So cool and old school, when it comes to developing those rolls of film, they can be out of focus, lighting was all wrong, but you didn't know that because you film camera does not have a screen to tell you so! And if you have a digital camera, you theoretically have unlimited film! Don't like the shot? Delete it and retake it with different settings. Those features alone are worth thousands to photographers to get that shot to pay the rent.

What that retrieves to make relevant again is a pictogram. They are anything from cave drawings, or sand on the floor of that cave moved around to where you step back to get the full resolution of the image it speaks to you. The film camera to eventually the Digital SLR is a modern tool to make a better pictogram to share history with others.

So with that said, I love this camera. Maybe someday I will be doing a job that has to deal with pictures like my idea to go into communications and showing images, or being a X-Ray Technologist and taking pictures of peoples bones and organs; that is way cool for your information. Only time will tell, but I hope that comes soon because my camera hobby is expensive, even if my Canon 7D's 18mp sensor is good value for money compared with the early Nikon of the 90's!

Here is a picture of one of my rabbits in my yard after the rain passed:

BLOG 1: Media Autobiography

"For me and my circle of friends, I would like to say that the media has little to no effect on myself and I make my own choices." This is something along the lines of what I might of said when I was in middle school, in my social studies class, learning about media and how it works in my life. Today, I don't personally hate or love the media, but I know what it is, and where it is going in my life. To quote an anonymous individual who thought of the morals of guns in the world, I go on to apply it to mass media that, "Mass media has been a critical tool in history. Since its creation it has been praised and denounced and carries moral responsibility. To understand the use of mass communication is to better understand history. "

Since this is my first blog entry for my mass communications class, I should say how the eight types of mass media are intertwined in my life helping me be who I am. Out of all eight, I will start first with magazines!
Magazines have been in my life since I was a kid. I really liked magazines compared to books because I liked the tone I got from reading them versus books, kind of like how I disliked learning from my teachers in grade school in comparison to my mom and dad. I think this will be good foreshadowing to how I feel about the other 6 types of mass communication because I don’t necessarily like them all! The other big reason I liked magazines is because it incorporated pictures in literally every page! From ad’s and headline photographs, they spoke more to me than the copious amounts of text that follow them. In some cases I thought when things were long and wordy it was to cover something up, to derail you, to make you believe something is true. Perhaps this is why people love to read novels and get lost, but I personally haven’t read one in a long time since it really does not have pictures! Newspapers on the other hand, I have a different view.

Newspapers along with books, radio, really are not too big in my life. Even internet news, or eBooks, or net radio does not all to interesting to me! When I think about it, I chose not to because they are too easily forged. News papers can have a story that totally contradicts a picture, or they just pick one that fits the article best. Books don’t really show me what it was like; it tells me what it is like, normally from one perspective too. And for radio it is just an audio book that incorporates tone to sway my thoughts. In comparison to television, and video recordings, and movies, they show how it really is, well most of the time…

Certainly anything in the media can be fabricated and my warm feelings of video documentaries, television broadcasts, and most certainly movies can be a bunch of smoke and mirrors to mislead me, but my preference is to see the footage, not read the report. What I have really liked is video documentaries with captioning so I can see the sights the videographer wants me to see and listen to the narration of the shot and read along to keep my vernacular up to satisfactory levels. I have grown up with public television ever since I was a kid, and I most certainly loved the programming as a kid, now I find it rather silly I was captivated by such ideas but they seeded in me to subconsciously question to understand how our world work or even the universe! At least how it comes together for my life and the ones I care for.

But for now I’ll keep all of that deep thought on the back burner of my enormous imaginary thinking stove and think about the more important things at hand that are prudent to being successful in the social world I live in. I think it would be neat to the readers to know my academic goals are and that is to complete either a Nursing degree or a Speech Communications degree. In the end I think they will be both fun to dabble in just as long as I chance to live the life I want. But that will be for another blog entry!