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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | MCommercial Activity: Any activity that is intended to generate profit. This definition is intentionally left broad. Distribute: Making something available to others. This is one of the rights that are given to the copyright owner, and distributing a file without the owner's permission is like stealing from them. See also: upload. Download: Putting a file from some other source onto your computer. The most common way is via the internet, which you can think of as a cloud. When you download something, the cloud is sending the file "down" to your computer on Earth. When you upload something, you are sending it from your computer "up" to the cloud. Fair Use: Please see the discussion here. Filesharing: The act of sharing files. This can be accomplished via email, instant messenger, peer-to-peer (P2P) clients, or any other method involving uploading or downloading files. Hack: Gaining access to a computer or server that you do not have permission to access. This can be done to view, copy, or change existing information on that machine, as well as a number of other motivations. Infringe: To violate the rights of someone or something. A copyright infringement violates the rights of the copyright holder. ISP: Internet Service Provider. A company or organization that provides internet access, generally for a fee. On campus, your ISP is UNC. UNC's ISP is NCREN (North Carolina Research Educational Network). Off campus, common ISPs are BellSouth, Time Warner, AOL, and Verizon. Each ISP has an individual policy dealing with how you may use their services. They also provide different services -- email accounts, personal webspace, speeds, etc. Notice of Copyright: A notice is comprised of three things: The copyright symbol ( © ), the year in which the work was first published, and the author's name. Notice used to be required for a work to be copyrighted, but now it is recommended as a method of combatting accidental infringement. Original Work: A work that is distinguishable from another version. Themes can be re-used (think "Romeo and Juliet"), and as long as each new work retains enough originality, it can be copyrighted. Peer-to-Peer (P2P): Peer-to-peer networks are networks in which one person can establish a direct connection with another. This term generally infers some sort of filesharing. Technically, instant messages are peer-to-peer communications, as are phone calls, yet the term is generally only applied to filesharing. Permission: While there are seven specific rights that are involved in copyright, a copyright owner can give others permission to use his or her work in specific ways and formats. Once this permission is granted, you can use that specific work in those specific ways. An artist whose songs are available for free download on his or her website is giving you permission to download them, but you may or may not have permission to send the song from your computer to your friend's computer. Check the webpage that you downloaded the song from, and you should be able to tell fairly easily what the artist is allowing you to do. Personal Use: For yourself. You are allowed to make a single backup copy of a CD for yourself, but you are not allowed to give that copy to a friend, neighbor, sibling, parent, teacher, pet, etc. Spam: Unsolicited commercial email. "Unsolicited" means that you have never done business with that particular company, and that they are not a non-profit organization. Spam is generally sent in mass quantities, with forged information and a variety of other tricks. Upload: Uploading means that you are making a file available to other people. Think of the internet as a cloud, and of your computer as yourself on Earth. You have to send the file "up" to the cloud so that it can get to other people. If you getting files from other people, or downloading them, the files are coming "down" to your computer from the cloud. Webspace: Webspace can be given to a user of an ISP. This is personal space where the user can store files or host a website. Depending on the user agreement, this space may or may not be used for commercial activity. |
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