Some new stuff
Hey everybody.
I have a project I've been working on called respondback.com that you should check out. It's a debate website where you can post your opinions and vote on the opinions of others. This is a little startup that I've been working on as a side project, and we need people to start using it.
www.respondback.com
I don't have any new internships or anything this week, remember that there's a ton outside of Camacho's office downstairs. Instead I thought I'd give you guys some free torrent resources.
The first is a common/license torrent page with all kinds of things. All of these are free to distribute and use for your non-commercial projects:
www.legaltorrents.com
Here's another collection of resources that might be useful too:
LINK
FCC:
This week I'm going to be focusing on Viacom's recent litigation against Google. The cable/movie/video store/network etc. etc. megaconglomerate wants a billion dollars from Google, who says that now that they have bought Youtube they are suddenly responsible for millions of other people's decision to post copyrighted Viacom content. Ever since Clinton singed the DMCA in the late nineties, these kinds of battles have been raging over digital rights management. At the time a little software company called Napster was held responsible for the activities of users it's peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. But Google is no Napster, and while that tiny company could be pushed around by the Music Industry, Google is ready to push back. On legal grounds, since Youtube has mainly been a forum for original content, they are much less at risk than Napster was. They also have a policy of removing copyrighted materials as soon as they are made aware of them, something Napster didn't do. These two factors make this lawsuit pretty spurious, but I'm sure Viacom figured it would be worth the trouble for a cool billion.
You can learn more about it here:
LINK
Another interesting wrinkle is that as late as August last year, Viacom and Google were planning to work together on a new ad targeting program. Google's adsense has made them a fortune, and it's no secret that they would like to take the same idea and apply it to television and radio. What could make two giant companies that were ready to do business with each other 6 months ago into enemies? For some info on their previous dealings, check here:
LINK
CSB:
LA trip planning is going well so far. If you missed the planning meeting this week and you gave us a deposit, you need to contact Eva right away so we can arrange transportation and a room for you.
Remember Graduation forms are due April 6th, no exceptions.
Bash has changed from the 12th to the 11th.
All of these updates to your calendars can be found on the csb website.
I have a project I've been working on called respondback.com that you should check out. It's a debate website where you can post your opinions and vote on the opinions of others. This is a little startup that I've been working on as a side project, and we need people to start using it.
www.respondback.com
I don't have any new internships or anything this week, remember that there's a ton outside of Camacho's office downstairs. Instead I thought I'd give you guys some free torrent resources.
The first is a common/license torrent page with all kinds of things. All of these are free to distribute and use for your non-commercial projects:
www.legaltorrents.com
Here's another collection of resources that might be useful too:
LINK
FCC:
This week I'm going to be focusing on Viacom's recent litigation against Google. The cable/movie/video store/network etc. etc. megaconglomerate wants a billion dollars from Google, who says that now that they have bought Youtube they are suddenly responsible for millions of other people's decision to post copyrighted Viacom content. Ever since Clinton singed the DMCA in the late nineties, these kinds of battles have been raging over digital rights management. At the time a little software company called Napster was held responsible for the activities of users it's peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. But Google is no Napster, and while that tiny company could be pushed around by the Music Industry, Google is ready to push back. On legal grounds, since Youtube has mainly been a forum for original content, they are much less at risk than Napster was. They also have a policy of removing copyrighted materials as soon as they are made aware of them, something Napster didn't do. These two factors make this lawsuit pretty spurious, but I'm sure Viacom figured it would be worth the trouble for a cool billion.
You can learn more about it here:
LINK
Another interesting wrinkle is that as late as August last year, Viacom and Google were planning to work together on a new ad targeting program. Google's adsense has made them a fortune, and it's no secret that they would like to take the same idea and apply it to television and radio. What could make two giant companies that were ready to do business with each other 6 months ago into enemies? For some info on their previous dealings, check here:
LINK
CSB:
LA trip planning is going well so far. If you missed the planning meeting this week and you gave us a deposit, you need to contact Eva right away so we can arrange transportation and a room for you.
Remember Graduation forms are due April 6th, no exceptions.
Bash has changed from the 12th to the 11th.
All of these updates to your calendars can be found on the csb website.
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