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Social Networking sites for
Learning and IPR Issues
Speaker
Munesh Kumar
Assistant Librarian
National Institute of Technology Goa
munesh09@gmail.com
12-Feb-2016 | Digital Empowerment for Sustainable Development - Feb 11-13, 2016
St. Agnes College, Mangaluru
Youth Led Sustainable Development Programme (YLSDP)
Organized by
in association with
RGDIYD, Channai
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The topic includes
• Introduction of social networking and related
concepts
• Types of Social networking sites
• What to do and what to avoid to do in social
networks?
• How to share your views at social media safely?
• How to create account/group/pages at social
network? and control/regulations
• IPR Issues (Copyright etc.)
St. Agnes College, Mangaluru 2

Explanation of key terms
Social Networking : Social networking site is the
phrase used to describe any website that enables users
to create public profiles within that website and form
relationships with other users of the same website who
access their profile.
Social Media: Social media are computer-mediated
tools that allow people or companies to create, share,
or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and
pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.
Social Networking Sites: it’s a virtual platform/place
where people interact on different subjects.

Popular Social Networking Sites
Facebook
Twitter
Google+
LinkedIn
YouTube
Instagram
Flicker
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Wikipedia
Naukari.com
WordPress
Bloggers
Shortening URL
Etc.
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How to use social media in
learning?
• Follow the pages/blogs/forums/website updates
etc.
• Subscribe the newsletters direct in your e-Mail
• Watch the updates, make notes and refer to
friends (Collaborative Study)
• Use the information in your daily routine/needs
• Examine critically and prepare your own
ideology
• Take parts in collaborative bloggings/forums and
write columns, post your views etc.
• Create your own group and make an online
study circle of your subject group people.12-Feb-2016 | Digital Empowerment for Sustainable Development - Feb 11-13, 2016

 Leaning by observations (how others are using?)
 Must read the new things (articles), come across
during net-surfing.
 Subscribe the pages professional magazines.
 Make your resume at Linked-In, naukari.com to get
the job alerts in your e-Mail.
 Download useful learning apps in your mobile.
 Cloud apps (online slide with Vimeo, Google
powered apps)
 Use the Cloud space (Google drive, Dropbox etc.) for storing
your data.
 Use open source software (Open Office, Linux)
/open access e-journals (DOAJ) and free e-
books,(Internet archive.org) etc.
 Always update yourself (ICT is growing
continuously).

Smart Social Networking (Do & Don’t)
 Use social media but restrict the timing.
 Do friendship but don’t accept anyone
who is unknown of you as your a friend.
 Support the groups but exclude them,
against the humanities, society and
national.
 Post the comments but don’t target any
celebrity/individual or any community,
religion, caste, way of livings, etc.
 Don’t duplicate the information (avoid copy-
paste)

Taking care of important things
 Be Professional because people watch you.
 Before to share check the privacy levels.
 Successful log-off/sign out (never forget) or use
the private browsing.
 Review the content posted on your timeline,
and in comments delete which are not healthy.
 Block the person who post the vulgar or
indecent language, materials, photos and links
etc.
 Clear your browsing history and cookies
cleaned.
 Use the private browsing once you are at public
PC.
 Don’t share your passwords with anyone and
sign-out if someone has forgot to sign-out12-Feb-2016 | Digital Empowerment for Sustainable Development - Feb 11-13, 2016

Issues of IPR
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the
mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works;
designs; and symbols, names and images used in
commerce. (WIPO)
Intellectual property rights refers to the general term
for the assignment of property rights through patents,
copyrights and trademarks. These property rights allow
the holder to exercise a monopoly on the use of the item
for a specified period. (Wikipedia)

Types of IPR
 Copyright (right of literary work, music,
 Patent (Right of innovations)
 Trademarks (symbols, logos, marks, words, SM,
TM, ® © etc.)
 Industrial Design (Models, blueprints, 3D model,
etc.)
 Trade Secretes (formulas, bilateral treaties etc.)
 Geographical Indication (anything which is
patented to produce within a particular area/region
only.)

Issues of IPR in context to SNS
Copyright - Copyright is a legal term used to
describe the rights that creators have over their literary
and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range
from books, music, paintings, sculpture and films, to
computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps
and technical drawings.
Duration - Life of creator + 50 Years.
What to do to be at right side.
 Avoid copying the idea and content directly,
 Follow right pattern of citations and bibliographies.
 Give the credit content to owner to get in future.

Questions and Doubts
?
munesh09@gmail.com

Thank you for concentration
and support.
Munesh Kumar
National Institute of Technology Goa
munesh09@gmail.com

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