Computing ethics
I have to do some research on computing ethics and set out what impact it has on my major project. For my task, I have chosen one of ten moral principles namely:
''6) Thou shalt not use or copy proprietary software for which you have not paid: Software is an intellectual product. In that way, it is like a book: Obtaining illegal copies of copyrighted software is as bad as photocopying a copyrighted book. There are laws against both. Information about the copyright owner can be embedded by a process called watermarking into pictures in the digital format'' (Techterms.com, 2017 cited in DMUIC course,2020).
''Intellectual property theft involves robbing people or companies of their ideas, inventions, and creative expressions—known as “intellectual property”—which can include everything from trade secrets and proprietary products and parts to movies, music, and software.'' (FBI, 2020)
Once time with internet expansion, violation of intellectual property is constantly expanding. According to ICE* (2019), '' more than 1 million copyright-infringing domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works are now in the custody of the federal government, thanks to the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies across the world. Federal agencies, as part of the National Intellectual Property Rights Center (IPR Center), seized the websites during the year leading up to Cyber Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 ''.
This ethic will have an impact on my research due to intellectual property. All I will write must be referenced because not all my ideas are own ideas,, most off them are inspired by other researchers.
Teacher comment:
"The commandment you have picked comes from the Computer Ethics Institute (this is referenced on the paperwork in the course handout). There are no references here but you have added in-text citations, so you obviously have got the information from an external source. Remember to add these".Dear Carrie, thank you for your comment, I will add as a secondary source.
The commandment you have picked comes from the Computer Ethics Institute (this is referenced on the paperwork in the course handout). There are no references here but you have added in-text citations, so you obviously have got the information from an external source. Remember to add these.
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