COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class 38 Erasmus @ Lannion

IUT Lannion

COMP6021 Class 37 Audio

the one with the audio

A guest lecturer from IUT Lannion gave a class on audio coding.

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 38

A lecturer from IUT Lannion gave a presentation on attending IUT on Erasmus.

COMP6023 DEWB1/ITM1 Class 37

I asked students to get into groups and to each to explain to the others what the chosen essay is about.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 37

Students acted as jurors in a number of hypothetical cases. 

Only 5 students came to class.

COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class 37 Copyright & Patents

We looked at Copyright some more and discussed Patents

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 34 Copyright

We looked at copyright.

COMP6021 Class 36

Today's class was a tutorial. I arrived a little late and when I got there everyone was gone.

And yes. I saw you running away!

COMP6021 Interesting Unicode news

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/03/apples-working-to-introduce-more-diverse-emoji-whats-the-holdup/

COMP6021 Class 35 Lab

Students worked on the assignment.

Some students seemed to be a bit behind schedule.

COMP6021 Class 34 Bayer Filter, Interlaced Video

the one with the electron gun

We looked at the Bayer filer used in sensors like those in cameras.

I explained how interlaced video works and we looked at some of its side effects.

COMP6023 DCOM1B Classes 35 & 36

Students worked on the assignments.

COMP6023 ITM1 Class 35 & 36

Students worked on the assignments

COMP6023 Blog Post Reminder

This is the 8th week of the blog posts. This week the post can be on any theme.

COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class 34

Students got into groups of four and acted as jurors in a variety of hypothetical cases involving libel, privacy, and copyright.

COMP6021 Class 33 3D

the one with the 3d

We looked at display technologies for 3-d images.

I brought glasses and we looked at some 3d images.

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 34 You be the Judge

Students go into groups and acted a jurors for a selection of some real but mostly hypothetical court cases involving libel, privacy, and fair use.

I was surprised by the degree of consensus.

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 33 Copyright & Patents

We quickly reviewed some of the copyright issues we considered in the last class.

We looked at Patents

My new machine has arrived :-)

Unfortunately I am still missing a few cables to connect it up to the classrooms. So students won't see the impact until next semester. But hopefully from now on I will lose fewer recordings of classes.

I'm mostly looking forward to being able to edit video with ease.

It's lightening fast. And things that took minutes now take seconds.

COMP6023 Legal Issues Handouts

I believe I have accurately gauged the demand for paper handouts on the legal aspects of web publishing that we will be discussing over the next few classes. But if I have not, you can find links to everything here.

If you want even more please go to the COMP6023 resources page.

Libel
Tweet Revenge: Tory to sue 10,000 Twitter users who branded him a paedo.

Lalit Modi loses appeal against £90,000 libel award.

Facebook Libel.

Court refuses access to papers.

Lawyers for Rehab force website to remove article.

High Stakes in Oprah's Cow Row.

Movie could not libel mobster.


Image
Sarkozy and Bruni win Ryanair Payout.


Hate Speech
Bob Dylan investigated over incitement to racial hatred claim.

Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act (2006).

David Irving jailed for Holocaust denial.


Copyright
Who owns Sherlock Holmes?


Trade Secrets
Injunctions granted to spice burger firm.


Patents & Trademarks
People's Republic of Cork Trade Mark at Irish Patents Office


Privacy & Filtering
Max Mosley wins landmark privacy case against Google over S&M pictures.