Introduction to Multimedia: The Internet & the Web

Research, Copyright, and Ethics

Readings on Research, Copyright, and Ethics

Research on the Internet

Finding Information on the Internet - This tutorial presents the substance of the Internet Workshops offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley.
Thinking Critically About WWW Resources - The World Wide Web has a lot to offer, but not all sources are equally valuable or reliable. Here are some points to consider when evaluating what you've found online.

Copyright Law and Interpretation

Copyright Registration and Enforcement - Good overview of what qualifies for copyright protection (and what doesn't).
Creative Commons Licenses - Introduction to the Creative Commons licensing approach--which allows you to give up some, but not all, of your intellectual property rights.

Ethics and Academic Honesty

Plagiarism: What It Is, and How to Recognize and Avoid It - A resource from Indiana University.
RIT Academic Honesty Policy

In-Class Exercise: Internet Research

Begin by choosing a name from this list:

Stewart Brand	Vinton Cerf	J.C.R. Licklider	Bob Kahn	Ivan Sutherland	Alan Kay
Leonard Kleinrock	Charles Babbage	Alan Turing	Seymore Papert	Aaron Swartz	Paul Allen
Nicholas Negroponte	Jonathan Schwartz	Howard Rheingold	JC Herz	Pavel Curtis	Esther Dyson
Linus Torvalds	Brenda Laurel	Jaron Lanier	Jon Postel	Seymour Cray	Mitch Kapor
Kai Krause	Steve Wozniak	John Perry Barlow	Kevin Mitnick	Laurie Anderson	Kim Polese
Vinod Khosla	Scott McNealy	Joi Ito	Dan Bricklin	Jim Barksdale	Meg Whitman

Using the various Internet search tools we discussed in class, see if you can find the following information about the person you chose. Write down (or print out) on paper the results of your research, and bring it to class week 2.

Why do you think they made this list? (What did they do? What makes them noteworthy?)
What are they doing now?
When and where were they were born?
Have they written any articles or books in the past five years? If so, what?
What do they look like? (Find a photo and provide the URL to it.)

Discussion Question: DRM

What is DRM? (In the context of copyright, please.) Come to class monday of week 2 prepared to provide two examples of DRM implentations currently in use.