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| - | One of the main popular technological developments of the [[1990s]] was the [[World Wide Web]]. [[Tim Berners-Lee]] created [[HTML]], which made the Web possible. Running on top of the older infrastructure of the [[internet]], the web allowed small [[subculture]]s to grow into large global online communities. | ||
| - | The internet began as a return to [[graphocentrism]] until the arrival of [[Youtube]]. | + | The '''Internet''' is a global system of [[interconnected]] [[computer network]]s. It was one of the main popular technological developments of the [[1990s]]. The internet allowed small [[subculture]]s to grow into large global online communities. |
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| + | The internet began as a return to [[graphocentrism]] until the arrival of [[YouTube]]. | ||
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| *[[Prince (TAFKAP) and copyright controversy]] | *[[Prince (TAFKAP) and copyright controversy]] | ||
| - | On [[September 14]], [[2007]], Prince announced that he was going to sue [[YouTube]] and [[eBay]] because they "appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorized music and film content which is core to their business success." A representative told Reuters, "The problem is that one can reduce it to zero and then the next day there will be 100 or 500 or whatever. This carries on ad nauseam at Prince's expense." | + | *[[Sociology of the internet]] |
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| - | On [[November 5]], [[2007]], several fan sites of Prince formed ''Prince Fans United'' to fight back against legal requests made by Prince to cease and desist all use of photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince's likeness. While Prince's lawyers claimed that the use of such representations constituted copyright infringement, the Prince Fans United claimed that the legal actions were "attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince." On [[November 8]], [[2007]], ''Prince Fans United'' received a song named "PFUnk" providing a kind of "unofficial answer" to their movement. The song, originally debuted on the PFU main site, was retitled "F.U.N.K.," and is available on [[iTunes]]. | + | *[[Internet copyright]] |
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| - | The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] filed a lawsuit against Prince's music company because he demanded that [[YouTube]] remove a video of a 13-month-old boy bouncing and swaying for the camera as 29-seconds of "Let's Go Crazy" plays on a CD player in the background. The video is a home movie shot by the child's mother in the family's rural Pennsylvania kitchen. | + | |
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| - | At the 2008 Coachella Music Festival, Prince performed a cover of Radiohead's "[[Creep]]" but immediately after he forced YouTube and other sites to remove footage that fans had taken of the performance. Thom Yorke of Radiohead, upon hearing about the removal of the video, asked Prince to unblock the song stating "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song." | + | |
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The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks. It was one of the main popular technological developments of the 1990s. The internet allowed small subcultures to grow into large global online communities.
The internet began as a return to graphocentrism until the arrival of YouTube.
See also
- Prince (TAFKAP) and copyright controversy
- Sociology of the internet
- Internet kill switch
- Internet copyright
- World Wide Web
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