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Watch Your Content: Protecting Your Website Against Copyright Infringement

Byte Technology

So it’s little surprise that the massive proliferation of online resources has spawned a major problem: protecting website content from copyright infringement in the form of plagiarism or outright theft. Thankfully, there are preventative measures you can take to protect your web content copyrights.

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Google Images is making it easier to license photo rights

The Verge

Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed to make it easier to license photographs or pictures that are covered by copyright. Images with licensing information provided by the publisher will now appear in search results with a “Licensable” badge over the thumbnail.

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The Iron Cage of Copyright

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

strengthens the hold of copyright in our everyday life.??? The concept and mechanisms of licensing are introduced to people who would not previously consider copyrighting their works, and thus possibly commodify their creations. iron cage of copyright??? Creative Commons, writes Elkin-Koren, ???may For many people the phrase ???CC

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One tweet tried to identify a cop — then five people were charged with felony harassment

The Verge

The campaign description says Alfaro was upset by officers who were “very friendly” with counter-protesters and covered their badges, a practice that some officers across the country have adopted to dodge complaints from protesters. “In A recent suit claims retweets can count as copyright infringement, but it’s not yet resolved.

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StudySmarter books $15M for a global ‘personalized learning’ push

TechCrunch

” Gamification is a key strategy to encourage engagement and advance learning, with the platform dishing out encouraging words and emoji, plus rewards like badges and achievements based on the individual’s progress. What about copyright? Image Credits: StudySmarter. ” Another potential pitfall around UGC is quality.

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What’s on your desk, Adi Robertson?

The Verge

The great thing about my job is that I get to work across so many areas — I’ve covered film festivals, virtual reality hardware, net neutrality and copyright, speech moderation, obsolete tech, and too many random gadgets to count. I think this is absolutely the neatest workspace I’ve seen yet. Is this new? Extremely new.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. A reference to gadget in the Delta Airlines Logo.

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