points for media in the online age

newspaper sales

Digital Economy Act

The Act gives Ofcom the responsibility of enforcing ISPs' obligations. A fine of up to £250,000 can be levied on those in contravention; that limit can be raised by the Secretary of State with Parliament's consent.

The Act also allows the Secretary of State to define, with the consent of Parliament, the "sharing of costs" incurred from the Act's legal processes. The order can require reimbursements to be made by rightsholders and/or ISPs, and in the case of appeals, subscribers.

The act also allows people to have their internet slowed down or if they continue stopped completely. The first time you are caught they send you a written warning, then you get a stronger warning and then the third time if you still continue they slow your internet down then if you continue they have the right to stop your internet all together.

Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2010

"The impact of the internet on the media is revolutionary" Discuss.

The impact of the internet on the media is revolutionary on Prezi

The Big 5 Ideas in my words

Wikinomics on Prezi

key Ideas from The Social Network

Intellectual property theft is one of the themes raised in the movie, as the three harvard students had an idea and told mark the idea and he took that idea, improved it and did it himself. This raises the difficulty of how hard it is to copyright an idea unless you write the idea down.

Another issue raised

Long Tail theory

The Long Tail theory is about how the niche market can make just as much money as the mass market. e.g when a song first comes out (paparazzi) loads of people would buy it from the shops and then in 5 years or so not so many people might want to but it and so shops would stop selling it. Now you would be able to buy it online from a site like play.com, whereas before you would have had to see if you had any friends who had it that you could buy it off or borrow it from.