1) The last few weeks we have been discussing ID Theft, Copyright, Creative Commons, and other related topics. Below is a list of vocabulary terms you need to know. On your blog create two lists. 1- terms you already have in your notes and 2- terms you don’t have in your notes – give the meaning of each term not in your notes.
Vocabulary Terms to know: Creative Commons, intellectual property, copyright, public domain, freeware, shareware, open source, attribution, commercial use, derivative, share-alike, firewall, virus, hacking, piracy, malware, phishing, identity theft, data back-ups, cloud, cookies (as pertaining to computers and Internet search), and filesharing.
2) Federal Trade Commission – what are the duties of FTC. How does copyright and CC fall into this category?
terms in notes
creative commons, property, copyright, public domain, free ware, share ware, open source, attribution, commercial use, derivative, share-alike, firewall, virus, hacking, privacy, malware, phishing, identity theft, data back ups, cookies, and file sharing
terms not in notescloud- the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility(like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).
FTC- The duties of the FTC are, in general, to promote fair competition through the enforcement of certain antitrust laws; to prevent the dissemination of false and deceptive advertising of goods, drugs, curative devices, and cosmetics; and to investigate the workings of business and keep Congress and the public informed of the efficiency of such antitrust legislation as exists, as well as of practices and situations that may call for further legislation.
Read more: Federal Trade Commission: Duties of the FTC — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0858089.html#ixzz1buU4GwPm
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