Net Freedom?

Due Friday:

Read the following article:

• Google Executive Convicted in Italy for Down's Video

Directions:

After reading the article, write 2 paragraphs, the first explaining both sides of this Italian Court Case and the second expressing your point of view on the case and "net freedom."

Inteligence Crowdsourcing?

In the spirit of our current discussion on social networking and cyber security, our military is also using this technology to proctect us. On the fore front of this is DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the "mad scientists" of the military.

Read the following article:

• Darpa’s New Plans: Crowdsource Intel, Edit DNA

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the role of DARPA?
2. How does DARPA plan on using crowd sourcing?
3. What problems with firewalls does the article identify? How is DARPA attempting to remediate the problem?

More on cyber security:

• 60 Minutes: Sabotaging The System

Download - Episode 4 - People Power

Based on "People Power," Episode 4 of the series Download: The True Story of the Internet, answer the following questions:

• Fred Wilson's Venture Capital Blog
• Social Network Users
• Clay Shirky on Web 2.0
• Facebook in Reality

1. Who traditionally controls the flow of information and communication?
   
2. What is the significance of You Tube's slogan "Broadcast Yourself?"
   
3. What is Digg? How is it different than a traditional media source such as a newspaper?
   
4. What is the "wisdom of crowds?"
   
5. How fast is Facebook growing? Compare this to the trend of print media.
   
6. What gave birth to the modern social networking sites?
   
7. What "small" problem did Napster have? What mistake did the music industry make? What did it lead to the creation of?


8. How is the television industry's reaction to You Tube been similar to Napster? How is You Tube different?


9. What is user created content? How is this a threat to traditional media?


10. What is Web 2.0?


11. What is social networking?


12. Who owns Myspace?


13. What is the social graph?
    
14. What is the significance of Facebook vs. Myspace?


15. What is Craislist's threat to newspapers?


16. What are Craiglist's "values?"