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Google + Schwarzenegger terminating textbooks together

According to a news article on ABC News (PDF Calif. to Dump Printed Text..), Governor Schwarzennegger is trying to trim the state’s budget gap with a cheaper alternative to the traditional high school textbooks. California has a US$24.3 billion budget … Continue reading

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Promotion

Selling the product you have made, whether that be to a client, to a customer, or to an audience, is crucial. A fantastic product marketed terribly is worthless. First impressions do count. Often the quality of your product will be … Continue reading

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Issues in Multimedia

Most nations follow the Berne copyright convention, i.e. the author / designer doesn’t have to state that the material is protected. Thus, absolutely nothing is public domain unless the owner explicitly states it. Copyright and how to breach it! It … Continue reading

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porn or privacy pin-pricked

As an illustration of the information you give away when you are browsing online, go to one of the following websites: http://privacy.net/analyze/ http://centralops.net/asp/co/BrowserMirror.vbs.asp This is just a sampling of the large amount of information that can be collected from you. … Continue reading

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© copyright versus fair use

Public domain (http://ww.wikieducator.org/Copyright_and_copyleft/public_domain) comprises all the works that are free to use without permission. There are a lot of works on the internet that are in the public domain and hence, not protected by copyright. Ideas, facts, titles, names, short … Continue reading

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