Information Reliability

Copyright and the Law

Here are the definitions for these words:

• Copyright - the legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.
• Copy Free - a term used to identify the freedom to copy, use, modify, and distribute what you possess. It is a philosophy that stands in contrast to both copyright and copyleft, in that it does not seek to limit or restrict your rights regarding your possessions at all.
• Trade Mark - a distinctive name, symbol, motto, or design that legally identifies a company or its products and services, and it prevents others from using identical or similar marks.
• Creative Commons - a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.
• Royalty Free - the ability to use intellectual property without paying a royalty free (usually related to music).
• GNU Licensed - a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. The GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free software for all its users.
• Public Domain - works which are not owned by someone, and therefore not protected by copyright.

Copyright --> reliable
Copy free --> ???

Checking Your Sources

Here are a few tips for you to check that whether a video is a hoax or not:

• First, you should check to see who made it. 
• And when did they make it.
• You should also know the aims of the site.
• Also, you should try checking the information given in the video to see if it correct.
• You should reconsider if the information is biased in any way

Hope the tips help you. Remember not to believe everything you see, you should question it.

Flotilla Protests Homework

• Have you had a look on various sources to find out what Marc (Marc3pax)does?

         Before watching this video, I didn't get a chance to find out who Marc is. But after watching it and found it a little weird, I started to look down and the comments for this video and his YouTube channel. When I went to his YouTube channel, I found no other video and his profile wasn't really clear. For the comments, there were many comments saying that these things are not real. 

• How does this video relate to the flotilla movement?

         This video is related to the flotilla movement since Marc mentioned Hamas and a little bit about Israeli-Paslestinians. Also he mentioned about the Free Gaza Movement.

• Is the video objective (based on facts; unbiased)?

         I think this video is very biased, and most of them are not facts. I think so because most of his information, he didn't provide us with any reliable sources. Also, he used omission to leave out a lot of facts and give us a different view on what is really happening. 

• Is there evidence supporting Marc3pax’s findings?

         There were some evidences for what he said such as photos and videos to support some of the things he said in the video. But for the most part, he just said stuffs without giving any proves. Also, in the video, he didn't really let the users know who he really is.

Flotilla Protests

     List of people who could report the story of the Flotilla Protest:

• Protestors (Free Gaza Movement)
• Isreali Government
• Isreali Media
• UN - United Nations
• Palestinian Citizens
• Palestinian Media
• Palestinian Government
• American Government
• Egyptians
• Hamas
• Israel Citizens
• International Media (Foreign Journalists)

     Put the list from the most biased source to the least biased:

• Israel Government
• Israel Media
• Palestinian Government
• Palestinian Media
• Hamas
• Israel Citizens
• Palestinian Citizens
• American Government
• Protestors (Free Gaza Movement)
• Egyptians
• UN - United Nations
• International Media (Foreign Journalists)

Letter to the Invisible Children

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