Rules of Netiquette and Areas of Computer Ethics
Rules of Netiquette
Area of Computer Ethics
- Information Accuracy
- One of the concern because many users access information maintained by other people or companies, such as on the Internet.
- Do not assume all the information on the Web is correct.
- Users should evaluate the value of a Web page before relying on its content.
- Be aware that the organization providing access to the information may not be the creator of the information.
- Green Computing
- Green computing is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and their resources. In broader terms, it is also defined as the study of designing, manufacturing/engineering, using and disposing of in a way that reduces their environmental impact.
- Codes of Conduct
- Written guideline that helps determine whether a specific action is ethical/unethical or allowed/not allowed.
- Information Privacy
- The right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection, use, and dissemination of information about them.
- Intellectual Property ; patent, trademark, copyright
copyright
Definition:
·
Unique and original works such as ideas, inventions, literary and artistic
works, processes, names and logos.
·
Or, refers to creations
of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and
symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.
·
Intellectual property rights are the rights to which creators are entitled for
their work.
Importance of Intellectual Property :
•
To protect any original work
that created by individual person/ company for example, image, drawing, lyric,
publishing and so on.
•
Preserve the features and
processes that make things work. This lets inventors profit from their
inventions.
Patent
Definition:
•
A
patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of
time (normally 20 years from the filing date).
•
It is
a legal document defining
ownership of a particular area of new technology.
•
Invention - a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
•
The
right granted by a patent excludes all others from making, using, or selling
an invention or products made by an invented process.
Trademark
Definition:
• Trademark is a word,
phrase, symbol, design, combination of letters or numbers, or other device
that identifies and
distinguishes products and services in the marketplace.
• Or a distinctive sign which identifies certain
goods or services.
• Or can be any distinctive name or logo.
•
Examples of well-known
Trademarks are:
q Coca-Cola
q Samsung
q The Apple logo
q The Nike “swoosh”.
Copyright
Definition:
• Protection provided to
the authors of “original
works” and includes such things as literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and
certain other intellectual creations, both published and unpublished.
• Copyright is an
exclusive right and gives its creator, or owner :
q To reproduce the
copyrighted work
q To prepare derivative
works
q To distribute and sell
any copies of the copyrighted work
q To perform or display
the copyrighted work publicly
•
Literary
works
Novels, Poems, Plays, a Piece
of Paper, Newspapers, Computer Programs, Databases, Films, Musical Compositions
and a Web pages.
•
Artistic
works
Paintings, Drawings,
Photographs, Sculpture, Architecture, Advertisements, Maps and Technical
Drawings
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