Current+events

= What's happening in the news? =

**Online protests over controversial copyright law** Published: 6:00AM Thursday April 14, 2011 Source: ONE News The new laws mean from September 1 downloading copyright-protected material will be punishable with fines of up to $15,000, and copyright holders will be able to approach Internet Service Providers (ISPs) if they believe an ISP's client has been illegally downloading their material. []

Source: BBC News, 8 September 2010 More than a quarter of people online have lied about their name and more than one in five has done something online they regret, says a new report. []
 * One in four gives fake net names **

Louisa Hearn  August 17, 2010 - 3:05PM
 * Google on privacy: change your name **

 Google's chief has put forth a novel solution for today's teenagers whose wild online antics threaten to follow them into their adult life: change your name.  []

= = = = =TVNZ Internet Debate = //Note: this link will take you to the TVNZ website// =[|Internet debate: Is it appropriate for governments to step in and regulate the Internet?] = 11:26AM Wednesday July 28, 2010
 * To hear other's opinions and to voice your own, go to the following forums: **

[|Internet debate: At what age should children be responsible for their online behaviour?] 11:22AM Wednesday July 28, 2010 [|Internet debate: What role should parents play in ensuring their children are safe online?]  11:16AM Wednesday July 28, 2010 __[|Internet debate: Should the New Zealand Government beef up its cyber defence capabilities?] __  11:33AM Wednesday July 28, 2010

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=<span style="color: #9f0909; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|Ruling Allows ‘Jailbreaking’ of iPhones] =

<span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: July 26, 2010
<span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This one is of particular relevance to this discussion thread:
 * <span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">allow college professors, film students, documentary filmmakers and producers of noncommercial videos to break copy-protection measures on DVDs so they can embed clips for educational purposes, criticism or commentary.

<span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This is "is one of a handful of new exemptions from a 1998 federal law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures that companies put on their products to prevent unauthorized use of copyright-protected material." <span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> []

**[|'Academic fraud' filtering hopes to crack down on plagiarism]** June 24th, 2010 For years, schools have struggled to crack down on web-savvy students who purchase or download term papers online, and a new option from OpenDNS aims to make plagiarism that much harder. @http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/06/24/academic-fraud-filtering-hopes-to-crack-down-on-plagiarism/

= Schools on guard as cyber plagiarism increases = <span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">//June 22, 2010// <span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> BRITISH schools are being forced to use plagiarism-detecting software to catch cheating students amid warnings that children as young as 11 need to be taught not to copy and paste from the internet. []

<span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">guardian.co.uk, Sunday 20 June 2010 21.52 BST <span style="color: #284d2e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Half of university students also prepared to submit essays bought off internet, according to research. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]
 * [|Internet plagiarism rising in schools] **

Friday, 28 May 2010 14:38 UK Lists of Britons who infringe copyright are to be drawn up by the UK's biggest ISPs, under proposals from the regulator Ofcom. []
 * [|Ofcom unveils anti-piracy policy] **

**Added:** 9:52PM Sunday December 13, 2009
**Source:** TVNZ news at 8 Commerce Minister Simon Power will take his plan for a new internet piracy regime to Cabinet. … []

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