Thursday, October 27, 2011

Re: Vocabulary Terms and Concepts

1) Vocabulary Terms already known:

Already known terms-
Creative Commons
Intellectual property
Copyright
Public domain
Freeware
Shareware
Open source
Commercial use
Attribution
Derivative
Share-alike
Firewall
Virus
Hacking
Malware
Identity theft
Data back-ups
Cloud
File sharing

Terms not in notes-
Cookies Files stored on your computer to help load pages faster

Piracy Illegally getting movies, TV shows, or music

Phishing A way hackers attempt to retrieve information like usernames, passwords, and credit cards

2) What are the duties of Federal Trade Commission? The FTC keeps the public informed and enforce antitrust laws that protect the public.

How does copyright and CC fall into this category? The FTC's work is considered to be authored by the United States Government which makes it all Public Domain.

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