Reader response draft 4

In the article “The Perils of Over-sharing in Social Networks”, Emm (2014) discusses the increasing danger of using the Internet.  As more of routine activities have to rely on the Internet today, people begin to feel apprehensive about the authorities and the large companies spying on their personal lives. However, the author believes that the real dangers are hidden behind the mass of seemingly irrelevant information that users who are plugged in choose to put online. These information can be used by some concealed audiences to attack not only the individual but also companies. He indicates that these threats can easily to be ignored due to the false sense of security of users. The author also lists some useful security advice to readers.

 

The concern for the dangers of over-sharing expressed by the author in the article is reasonable. One of the reasons why people have a tendency to overshare on social media, as elaborated by the author, is because the smartphone is not a usual victim of cyber-attack. The other is due to the neglect from the public as people believe that the dangers of over-sharing have been exaggerated and no one will pay attention to normal users’ social media and digital records for some special reasons. In fact, the dangers are more severe than most people imagine.

  

As early as 2010, a new company named Identified had started to collect users data , merely by pulling public information from their social media accounts, and allotted a score to each of them to represent their attraction for potential employers. Someone might have a profile in Identified even if they haven’t signed up for the service. These data obviously have large attractions for some big companies and PepsiCo(PEP) had already signed with Identified. Those kinds of collection may never be observed by these latent ‘users’ , but job hopping could be difficult for them if they have low scores(Daniel,2011).

  

The other concealed observers who may regularly pay attention to social media are lawyers and investigators. Nowadays, Facebook has become an efficient tool for lawyers to find evidence. Different from the traditional investigative ways which rely on following and subpoenaing, the personal details posted on Facebook can help lawyers establish a person’s habits and character and photos shared on Facebook could be more directly used as evidence to show when and where what happened.

 

Over-sharing on social media may also hurt people’s careers. Threats such as being caught by the boss when someone is loafing on their job are just part of it. More often, the employers will have more in-depth observations of their employees through social media. Doing Google searches and looking through applicants social media pages have become the normal procedure for some companies before they provide interviews. “Never say anything negative about a current or former employer on your social media pages. Employers will reasonably assume that if you trash-talk your current or former employers, they will be the next ones to be trashed” human resources consultant Brenda Vander Meulen(2014) suggests. 

  

The dangers of over-sharing are hidden in various perspective of people’s lives and taking responsibility for what we have posted is essential for netizens. To prevent some irreparable consequences of over-sharing, following some safety tips to protect personal information should be started now. 

 

 

 

 

Reference:

David Emm(2014). The Perils of Over-sharing in Social Networks. Retrieved from:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-emm/the-perils-of-over-sharing-in-social-networks_b_5005276.html

John.Egan(2014). Over-sharing on social media can cost you. Retrieved from: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/3-financial-dangers-of-social-media-1.aspx

Daniel Roberts(2011). 社交网络过度分享风潮中蕴藏的商机. 财富.com

Retrieved from:

http://www.fortunechina.com/technology/c/2011-12/01/content_80849.htm

problem-solution draft 4

With the development of technology, social media becomes an important way for modern citizens to connect with different people and deepen friendships. In order to improve the user experience and shore up the applications popularity on the social software platform, many social media apps provide numerous functions, such as copy, link and sharing, to reduce the operation complicity and offer convenience for users. However, these functions will accelerate the speed of the spread of information and invisibly facilitate the infringement behaviors on social media as plagiarism becomes easier in this area. Because of the severe situation of copyright protection, government and citizens should pay much attention on infringement behaviors.

Sina Weibo, as the Chinese version of Twitter, has about 503 million registered users at the end of 2012. However, only 6% of the users post original works in a given week and about half of the accounts will just repost messages from other users (Mozur, 2013). Although the length of microblogs is limited to 140 words, all these intellectual unique works in Weibo, including creative funny stories, short novels and poems, original pictures, musics and videos are in the protection of Chinese copyright law(You, 2012). Some users may change the authors’ name, tamper with the original works or even clone the whole works without declarations as they retweet the microblogs. Others may use these microblogs for commercial purposes without the permission from the original authors. As the original creators deserve the corresponding rights and interests, all these unauthorized behaviors will be considered as copyright violations.     

    

In the first quarter of 2103 alone, according to the statistic data provided by Sina, the Weibo managers have received more than 1526 online reports and most of them complained about the piracy(Li, 2013).

 

In 2015, a beauty blogger named Ryiii found that one of the cosmetic websites, YOKA, was using her eyebrow drawing course to attract browsers’ attention without citing her work. This article’s editor even changed the author name and declined that it was her original work. Even after Ryiii sued this website and editor, she only received a personal apology from the editor but not an official one from YOKA.

One of the existing solutions is seeking legal protection from China’s judicial departments. Currently, China has published a number of laws and regulations on copyright protection. Among them, the two most important laws are Tort Law of the People’s Republic of China [ Effective ] and Regulation on the Protection of the Right to the Network Dissemination of Information [ Revised ]. According to these laws, original authors who have been infringed can ask Sina Weibo managers to delete or block the relevant information and prosecute the violators to get the corresponding compensation(Li, 2013).

However, besides the high cost and long process of lawsuit, the low success rate itself has already scared off a lot of people. Although Sina office suggests users to register in their real name, most people will still choose fake names to protect their privacy. When the plaintiffs try to collect evidence for a lawsuit, it will become a large block for them as it is difficult to prove who is the real creator and who is the real violator. If this problem can not be clarified, the lawsuits will have a certain risk of being rejected. Also, the violators can easily delete the relevant articles and pictures. All these behaviors will increase the difficulty of seeking evidence. Moreover, this solution focuses more on the corrective actions that citizens are liable for any criminal offense they committed due to the copyright issue, rather than try to eliminate the crime by enhancing the creativity of the citizens.

 

The proposed solution, Creativity Enhancement Program(CEP), aims to promote the public’s creativity, especially among the teenagers and consequently eliminate their intention of piracy. The program consists of two aspects, one is from school and the other is from students’ families. Local schools could conduct a series of culture activities such as original singing or design competitions at regular intervals. Winners would be awarded with bonuses such as bursaries or provided with chances to further their talent through advanced professional courses from the famous schools in music or arts area. Since the contests could be fairly held and opportunities could be equally presented, all the students can attend the competitions. The rich prize could motivate the students and inspire their enthusiasm for creativity. The encouragement from students’ families may also play an important role throughout the growing-up process of children. Parents could use several ways to train their children’s creativity such as spending time to brainstorm or inspiring their thought through asking questions. The thinking habit cultivated by the family environment may deeply root into children’s minds and benefit their whole lives. Funds of the establishment of CEP can be obtained from relevant educational departments or school administration. The subsequent cultural activities could be advertised in social media such as Facebook, twitter, school noticeboard,etc.

In conclusion, infringement of copyright is indulged by the development of social media. The government should raise the awareness of the copyright issue through different aspects such as policy, program and education. The Creativity Enhancement Program is believed to promote the awareness of infringement of copyright and increase the creativity among participants.  

 

 

 

References:

Li Zongkuan.(2013). 微时代如何应对微博侵权. How to deal with the infringement in Weibo’s time. Retrieved April 7, 2015 from http://media.people.com.cn/n/2013/0626/c365742-21980779.html

Paul Mozur.(2013). How many people really use Sina Weibo. Retrieved April 7,                                                                                                                                                                     2015 from                                  http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/03/12/how-many-people-really-use-sina-weibo/

You Yunting.(2012). Analysis on the copyright infringement on microblog. Retrieved April 7, 2015 from

http://www.chinaiplawyer.com/author/youyunting/

   

  

problem-solution essay draft 3

With the development of technology, social media becomes an important way for modern citizens to connect with different people and deepen friends’ relationship. In order to improve the user experience and shore up the applications popularity on the social software platform, many social media apps provide numerous functions, such as copy, link and sharing, to reduce the operation complicity and offer convenience for users. However, these functions will accelerate the speed of the spread of information and invisibly facilitate the infringement behaviors on social media as plagiarism becomes easier in this area. This essay will discuss the phenomena of infringement of copyright in one of Chinese social software, Sina Weibo, evaluate the existing solution to this problem and propose an improved one to resolve it.

Sina Weibo, as the Chinese version of Twitter, has about 503 million registered users at the end of 2012. However, only 6% of the users post original works in a given week and about half of the accounts will just repost messages from other users (Paul, 2013). Although the length of microblogs is limited to 140 words, all these intellectual unique works in Weibo, including creative jocks, short novels and poems, original pictures, musics and videos are in the protection of Chinese copyright law(You Yunting, 2012). Some users may change the authors’ name, tamper the original works or even clone the whole works without declarations as they retweet the microblogs. Others may use these microblogs for commercial purpose without the permission from the original authors. As the original creators deserve the corresponding rights and interests, all these unauthorized behaviors will be considered as copyright violations.     

    

In the first quarter of 2103 alone, according to the statistic data provided by Sina, the Weibo managers have received more than 1526 online reports and most of them complained about the piracy(Li Zongkuan, 2013).

 

In 2015, a beauty blogger named Ryiii found that one of the cosmetic websites, YOKA, was using her eyebrows drawing course to attract browsers’ attention without citing her work. This article’s editor even changed the author name and declined that it was her original work.

However, after Ryiii sued this website and editor, she only received a personal apology from the editor but not an official one from YOKA.

One of the existing solutions is seeking legal protection from China’s judicial departments. Currently, China has published a number of laws and regulations on copyright protection. Among them, the two most important laws are Tort Law of the people’s Republic of China [ Effective ] and Regulation on the Protection of the Right to the Network Dissemination of Information [ Revised ]. According to these laws, original authors who have been infringed can ask Sina Weibo managers to delete or block the relevant information and prosecute the violators to get the corresponding compensation(Li Zongkuan, 2013).

However, besides the high cost and long process of lawsuit, the low success rate itself has already scared off a lot of people. Although Sina office suggests users to register in real name, most people will still choose fake names to protect their privacy. When the plaintiffs try to collect evidence for lawsuit, it will become a large block for them as it is difficult to prove who is the real creator and who is the real violator. If this problem can not be clarified, the lawsuits will have a certain risk of being rejected. Also the violators can easily delete the relevant articles and pictures. All these behaviors will increase the difficulty of seeking evidence. Moreover, this solution focuses more on the corrective actions that citizens are liable for any criminal offense they committed due to the copyright issue, rather than try to eliminate the crime by enhancing the creativity of the citizens.

The proposed solution, Creativity Enhancement Program(CEP), aims to promote the public’s creativity, especially the teenagers and consequently eliminate their intention of piracy. The program consists of two aspects, one is from school and the other is from students’ families. Local schools can conduct a series of culture activities such as original singing or design competitions at regular intervals. Winners will be awarded with bonuses such as bursaries or provided with chances to further their talent through advanced professional courses from the famous schools in music or arts area. Since the contests are fairly held and opportunities are equally presented, all the students can attend the competitions. The rich prize will motivate the students and inspire their enthusiasm for creativity. The encouragement from students’ families will also play an important role throughout the growing-up process of children. Parents can use several ways to train their children’s creativity such as spending time to brainstorm or inspiring their thought through asking questions. The thinking habit cultivated by the family environment will deeply root into children’s minds and benefit their whole lives. Funds of the establishment of CEP can be obtained from relevant educational departments or school administration. The subsequent cultural activities can be advertised in social media such as Facebook, twitter, school noticeboard,etc.

In conclusion, infringement of copyright is indulged by the development of social media. The government should raise the awareness of the copyright issue through different aspects such as policy, program and education. The Creativity Enhancement Program is believed to promote the awareness of infringement of copyright and increase the creativity of them.  

References:

Li Zongkuan.(2013). 微时代如何应对微博侵权. How to deal with the infringement in Weibo’s time. Retrieved April 7, 2015 from

http://media.people.com.cn/n/2013/0626/c365742-21980779.html

Paul Mozur.(2013). How many people really use Sina Weibo. Retrieved April 7, 2015 from http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/03/12/how-many-people-really-use-sina-weibo/

You Yunting.(2012). Analysis on the copyright infringement on microblog. Retrieved April 7, 2015 from

http://www.chinaiplawyer.com/author/youyunting/

   

  

Problem-Solution essay draft 2

Problem and Solution for the Infringement of Copyright

One design company from Seattle named Modern Dog alleged that an illustration printed in the Disney designed T-shirt was first created and published online by their company. This firm finally filed a lawsuit in 2011 and their hasn’t been any result for this case until now. In order to get support form the publicity and gather the funds for lawsuit, this company have drawn a heated discussion on internet. This essay will discuss the impact of infringement of copyright due to multiple social media in the US and UK, evaluate the existing solution and propose the improved one to resolve the current problems.   

Any original works are protected by the copyright law and their creators deserve the corresponding rights and interests. As the definition given by the eHow, ‘when an unauthorized person reproduces, performs, or otherwise uses a copyrighted material without permission, it is considered a copyright violation’, which reflects on normal lives can be shown by downloading and sharing music and movie files without permission of the copyright owners or using certain contents or photographs published in other peoples blogs or articles without authors’ authorization.

As the infringement statistics given by the Communications regulator Ofcom on their forth wave of its consumer-tracking study report, about 17% of British internet users aged 12+ consumed at least one piece of online content illegally between March and May on 2013, around 7.4 million people, and only 4% of internet users exclusively consumed illegal content.

Apparently, as the development of internet, especially various kinds of social media applications, online infringement of copyright has become a rigorous problem which affects not only the original creators but also a country’s creative environment and social economy. Not every infringement cases involve financial issues and are associated with some big companies, but it actually happens in people’s daily lives.

A extensive infringement will discourage the creators and diminish their enthusiasm of creativity . In some degree it will affect the sealing market and cut the earning of these authors. However, the impact of infringement will not be solely personal. A widespread violation will also deteriorate a society’s create environment and less and less original works will reach the public market in the future. Moreover, copyright infringement also has a significant impact on world economy. As the data given by the internet, losses due to piracy have exceeded over $51 billion in the past few years. If piracy rates could be reduced by ten percent for the next four years, 500,000 jobs would be created plus $140 billion would be added into the economy.

One of the existing solutions is to promote people getting familiar with the copyright law, which is governed by the federal Copyright Act of 1976 in the US and Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 in the UK. These laws establish legal consequences of violation in infringement in copyright. This solution encourages the public to understand what is protected by the copyright law, meanwhile, to use the deterrent of law to reduce the chances of infringement. However, only people with proper education will have lower chance breaking the law and comply with their legal responsibilities. This brings the shortcoming that some of the citizens who live in the rural areas may not even hear of the copyright law. Moreover, this solution focuses on the corrective action that citizens are liable for any criminal offense they committed due to the copyright issue, rather than try to eliminate the crime by enhancing the creativity of the citizens.

The proposed solution, Creativity Enhancement Program(CEP), aims to promote the public’s creativity, especially the teenagers and consequently eliminate their intention of piracy. The program consists of two aspects, one is from school and other is from students’ families. Local schools can conduct a series of culture activities such as original singing or design competitions at regular intervals. Winners are awarded with bonus such as bursaries or provided with chances to further their talent through advanced professional courses from the famous school. Since the contests are fairly held and opportunities are equally presented so that all the students can attend the competitions. The rich prize will motivate the students and inspire their enthusiasm for creativity. The encouragement from students families will also play an important role throughout the grown-up process of children. Parents can use several ways to train their children’s creativity such as spending time to brainstorm or inspiring their thought through asking questions. The thinking habit cultivated by the family environment will deeply root into children’s minds and benefit their whole lives. Funds of the establishment of CEP can be obtained from relevant educational departments or school administration. The subsequent cultural activities can be advertised in social media such as Facebook, twitter, school noticeboard,etc.

In conclusion, infringement of copyright is indulged by the development of social media. The government should raise the awareness of the copyright issue through different aspects such as policy, programme and education. The Creativity Enhancement Programme is believed to promote the awareness of infringement of copyright and increase the creativity of them.  

References:  

1. Wikipedia, Copyright law of the United States  

Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States

2. WikiHow, How to avoid the copyright infringement.

Retrieved from: http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Copyright-Infringement

3. Ellison K. (2015). 5 famous copyright infringement cases (and what you can learn).99 designs. Retrieved from

http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2013/04/19/5-famous-copyright-infringement-cas

es/

4. Impact of copyright infringement.

Retrieved from: http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/bagby/432Spring12/T15/impact.html

5.Stuart Dredge.(2013) Ofcome releases latest copyright infringement study in the UK

http://musically.com/2013/09/12/ofcom-releases-latest-copyright-infringement-study-in-the-uk/

influential event

I still remember the moment that all the houses were shievering and cracking, and people escaped from their homes. That day was 12th May, 2008.    

Sichuan earthquake although is not the severest in the record, the impact of it was felt through the death, huge economic loss and number of people affected by the aftershock. Thousands and thousands of students and people screamed and run away from their homes, classerooms and shops. The only thing I can still remember now is the feeling that I need to be with my family. The earthquake furthered the way home, destroyed the houses and took away lives, but it closered the distances between people, witnessed the justice and warm up our hearts at the same time.

This is the day that I will never forget and never wish happen again.  

 

Probllem-Solution article draft 1

Problem and Solution for Infringement of Copyright

One design company from Seattle named Modern Dog alleged that an illustration printed in the Disney designed T-shirt was first created and published online by their company. This firm finally filed a lawsuit in 2011 and their hasn’t been any result for this case until now. In order to get support form the publicity and gather the funds for lawsuit, this company have drawn a heated discussion on internet. This essay will discuss the impact of infringement of copyright due to multiple social media in America, evaluate the existing solution and propose the improved one to resolve the current problems.   

Any original works are protected by the copyright law and their creators deserve the corresponding rights and interests. As the definition given by the eHow, ‘when an unauthorized person reproduces, performs, or otherwise uses a copyrighted material without permission, it is considered a copyright violation’, which reflects on normal lives can be shown by downloading and sharing music and movie files without permission of the copyright owners or using certain contents or photographs published in other peoples blogs or articles without authors’ authorization.

Apparently, as the development of internet, especially various kinds of social media applications, online infringement of copyright has become a rigorous problem which affects not only the original creators but also a country’s creative environment and social economy. Not every infringement cases involve financial issues and are associated with some big companies, but it actually happens in people’s daily lives.

A extensive infringement will discourage the creators and diminish their enthusiasm of creativity . In some degree it will affect the sealing market and cut the earning of these authors. However, the impact of infringement will not be solely personal. A widespread violation will also deteriorate a society’s create environment and less and less original works will reach the public market in the future. Moreover, copyright infringement also has a significant impact on world economy. As the data given by the internet, losses due to piracy have exceeded over $51 billion in the past few years. If piracy rates could be reduced by ten percent for the next four years, 500,000 jobs would be created plus $140 billion would be added into the economy.

One of the existing solutions is to promote people getting familiar with the copyright law in America, which is governed by the federal Copyright Act of 1976. The law establish legal consequences of violation in infringement in copyright. It encourages the public to understand what is protected by the copyright law, meanwhile, to use the deterrent of law to reduce the chances of infringement. However, only people with proper education will have lower chance breaking the law and comply with their legal responsibilities. This brings the shortcoming that some of the citizens who live in the rural areas may not even hear of the copyright law. Moreover, this solution focuses on the corrective action that citizens are liable for any criminal offense they committed due to the copyright issue, rather than try to eliminate the crime by enhancing the creativity of the citizens.

The proposed solution, Creativity Enhancement Program(CEP), aims to promote the public’s creativity, especially the teenagers and consequently eliminate their intention of piracy. The program consists of two aspects, one is from school and other is from students’ families. Local schools can conduct a series of culture activities such as original singing or design competitions at regular intervals. Winners are awarded with bonus such as bursaries or provided with chances to further their talent through advanced professional courses from the famous school. Since the contests are fairly held and opportunities are equally presented so that all the students can attend the competitions. The rich prize will motivate the students and inspire their enthusiasm for creativity. The encouragement from students families will also play an important role throughout the grown-up process of children. Parents can use several ways to train their children’s creativity such as spending time to brainstorm or inspiring their thought through asking questions. The thinking habit cultivated by the family environment will deeply root into children’s minds and benefit their whole lives. Funds of the establishment of CEP can be obtained from relevant educational departments or school administration. The subsequent cultural activities can be advertised in social media such as Facebook, twitter, school noticeboard,etc.

In conclusion, infringement of copyright is indulged by the development of social media. The government should raise the awareness of the copyright issue through different aspects such as policy, programme and education. The Creativity Enhancement Programme is believed to promote the awareness of infringement of copyright and increase the creativity of them.  

References:  

1. Wikipedia, Copyright law of the United States  

Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States

2. WikiHow, How to avoid the copyright infringement.

Retrieved from: http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Copyright-Infringement

3. Ellison K. (2015). 5 famous copyright infringement cases (and what you can learn).99 designs. Retrieved from

http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2013/04/19/5-famous-copyright-infringement-cas

es/

4. Impact of copyright infringement.

Retrieved from: http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/bagby/432Spring12/T15/impact.html