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What Happens to Radio?
Radio listening figures remain exceptionally high while other media are falling and failing left, right and centre. But the story isn't entirely rosy - younger people are moving away from the medium. Why is that, and how do radio companies innovate to meet the Facebook generation?
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Rough Guide to: Social Media and the Law
Virgin Atlantic was forced to take action this month when staff reportedly criticised safety standards and passengers’ class status on social network, Facebook. As more businesses look to engage social networking, what are the potential dangers they should look out for? New Media Knowledge spoke to a lawyer to find out more.
moreGames Classifications Under Fire
The UK government has published its action plan for changes to the videogame classification system.
moreBloggers Face Jail
A new report has revealed how governments around the world are continuing to clamp down on bloggers. Bloggers risk facing jail by governments which feel threatened by the growing influence of bloggers according to the World Information Access (WIA) report by the University of Washington.
moreVirgin Partners BPI in Anti-Piracy Initiative
Virgin Media will write to thousands of customers informing them of that they are breaking the law if they download unlicensed content. Customer accounts which appear to have been used to distribute music in breach of copyright will receive separate letters from Virgin Media and the BPI. However, both emphasised that customer names and addresses would not be disclosed to the BPI and that the campaign is educational not aggressive.
moreSee YouTube in Court
The phenomenon of user generated content and social networking sites still sits awkwardly with legislation. As the Web 2.0 companies continue to work out how to best profit from their huge reach, there is still dispute as to who owns the content and data and what they are allowed to do with it.
moreBloggers Lost in Legal Fog
On May 28, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 laws will come into force and cause some corporations to reassess their use of social media marketing techniques.
moreEU Warns Games Industry
The European Union has given makers, distributors and retailers of videogames two years to come up with an improved code of conduct within the industry. Worldwide videogame sales are expected to reach €30 billion within two years – with the EU accounting for about one-third.
moreUGC and the Law
From a legal perspective, User Generated Content (UGC) can cover Blogs, Forums, Video, Photographs, Audio, Software Code and other postings. UGC can encompass any content which users upload or post online. With such a wide array of UGC, there’s an equally wide number of ways in which content on a website you own might contravene the law.
moreBetter Moderation Seminar
The seminar will be structured to provide three formal sessions covering key aspects of the topic followed by a less formal ‘clinic’ session in which attendees can ask about issues that are affecting or might affect their own community and user-generated content sites. We’ve drawn together three experts in online communities to provide the best information available on the topic.
moreUGC and the Law
The era of user-generated content has provided site owners with fresh, inexpensive ways to populate their sites. But it also brings new legal headaches, best avoided rather than remedied. Ian Delaney reports from the presentation given by Paul Massey of K&L Gates at Internet World on 2 May 2007.
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How not to get ripped off: Enforcing and Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully yours.
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