Week 12- Social and ethical issues

Social and ethical issues
Problems within the internet are intellectual property, copyright, plagiarism, security, privacy and freedom of speech.
Intellectual property includes inventions, ideas, music and movies. Copyright meaning the right to copy is when you can only copy something if you have permission by the maker if it is protected by copyright law. Plagiarism is using others ideas as your own and not acknowledging them. Always acknowledge other peoples work when using it if unsure how to us a referencing guide. Security interception ca occur anytime when using he net this is why you must take special precautions when using the net some ways of staying safe are:
1. Do not reveal personal information inadvertently.
2. Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries.
3. Keep a "clean" e-mail address.
4. Don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends".
5. Realize you may be monitored at work, avoid sending highly personal e-mail to mailing lists, and keep sensitive files on your home computer.
6. Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information or other personal details.
7. Do not reply to spammers, for any reason.

Copyright sheets relevant to me as an undergraduate will be artworks, computer software, disabilities, education institutions and music.

US vs. Sankas case
John Sankus the leader of oldest organized software piracy groups on the internet pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on May 17, 2002 at 9:00 am and could receive a maximum sentence of five years. Sankas engaged in the illegal distribution of copyrighted software, games and movies on the internet he reproduced and distributed hundreds of thousands of copyrighted material around the world. The cost of the damage of this reached as high as $2.5 million. There is still being investigations in to the crimes committed by the “crackers” (group members who cracked the codes of the software) to date.