Post two - Ethics of Digital Technologies

Copyright

http://www.legislation.govt.nz


Creative Commons:

Some types of sites under creative commons:
- Flickr
- Europeana
- Jamendo
etc.
Creative Commons is a legal website which you can copy and  download for free without permission.


Piracy:
Piracy is a copyright law. If it has been breached, you will be arrested for copyright infringement. Some movies that is under the piracy law are:
- King Kong
- Forbidden Kingdom
- etc.


Megaupload                                 vs.                          Mega
- Movies, games                                                          - encrypted files
- buy premium                                                             - slingshot
- adds pop ups
- advantages, multiple di's, higher speeds
- a lot of pirated stuff
- taken down by US govt FBI
- KimDot Com owns both websites
- Raided by NZ cops
- froze his assets
- internet party
- Extradite to the US
- house arrests


What is the difference between Megaupload and Mega?
Mega:
Mega is a file storage similar to Dropbox, Google Drive and Apple's iCloud. The idea of this site is to upload data that can get access from somewhere else.

Megaupload:
A site which had lots of pirated material such as games and apps which KitDom Com created and got arrested for it for breaking the laws, Copyright Infringement, Racketeering and Money Laundering.