Blog 5

Well I was originally going to write about internet crime such as online streaming and dl-ing of movies, tv shows and music. I didn't have a good idea of what I wanted to get across with this topic. So when I met with prof. Chandler we discussed this topic and began talking about other internet crimes and other related topics. Then we started talking about protecting children on the internet. The children who are using the internet are getting younger and younger! Although parents try to protect thier children with lectures and maybe protection software, many parents are not tapped into what thier children are really doing on the internet. Therefore, children have to become responsible for thier actions on the internet and understand the dangers that they are nieve to. I would like to develop a site that is targeted towards kids so they can be educated about the dangers, in a fun and cosmetically appealing fashion. All the sites that I have found are solely geared towards parents and they are filled with useful information and lots of bullet points... this is a great resource but parents can not watch over thier children 24 hours a day.`There is only so much they can do, children must be aware. Actually I just came across a site for children but it is soley information in paragraph form, so boring I didn't want to read it I can imagine neither would a kid. So I don't know exactly how I am going to do it, but I am, I want to educate but in a fun way that would get the information across to kids without being preachy. I feel that this will be a challenge but I want to make a difference...so I'm up for it.

Here is the feedback that my fellow students had for me last class on my topic:

I am thinking about writing about internet crime. I am not sure if I should narrow this topic down because it is very broad. If I was going to narrow this topic, I was thinking about focusing on the steaming and downloading of movies, television programs and music. What kind of crime is this? How are people caught? What kind of punishment is given for these types of crimes? Is it am invasion of privacy if it is being monitored?


I want to find out what kind of people are doing this… is it only the younger generation? Do you participate in this practice?

I know downloading music is a big issue. I do not know if this of any help, but you should check out imeem.com, the website is like a myspace where people put selections of music. I believe some of the record companies have downgraded the listening to music by a 30-second preview, instead of the full version of a song. In the comment section, people get annoyed. Under the song, it will usually say the author of this song has not given permission. Jennifer

If you’re going down the media downloading route, you can talk about how Napster was the first publicized site to allow this. You can tie this into the reading with, I think the first article that talked about the idea of internet regulation. Ask questions like is it okay to download for personal use but not public use that will make you money and not the author, like in the reading about the Harry Potter story. -Ricky

I like this topic. I have a cousin whose classmate was visited by the police and possible arrested in school for downloading something on Napster. I think that person was fined a large sum of money. I am not too sure how precise my cousin is with the details. You have to look into the news articles online to see if people really are arrested for piracy. I am sure the police came and fined the student for the downloads. I am not sure how many songs or movies the student downloaded, if that even matters. I would like to know how these people are caught. Your topic is very interesting. Please elaborate on it more. – Angela C.