Monday, 30 April 2012

Copyright and the law

Copyright: Information or idea that are protected by the law
Copy free: Information free to copy legally
Trademark: A mark/symbol represent a person or a company name/brand
Creative commons: licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for everyone. (http://creativecommons.org)
Royalty free: The right to use a copyrighted material or intellectual property without the need to pay royalties for each use or per volume sold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free)
GNU licensed: The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
Public domain: Work that have expired copyright.

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Checking your sources

  • Think of who and why they give the information
  • Are there any proves supporting that information
  • Look for the propaganda technique (bandwagon, scapegoating, assertion, omission, etc.) they might use in the video.
  • If it is information on the internet, look for the comments people have made.
  • Search for the information on the internet
  • Try to look on some credible sources and decide if the information is true
  • If you don't find any or little information supporting what you want to know about then the information is wrong or biased