CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing 12/2/2015© 2009 Keith A. Pray 1 Class 8 Intellectual Property Keith A. Pray Instructor socialimps.keithpray.net

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 2 12/2/2015 Overview 1. Quiz 2. Freedom Of Speech – Students Present 3. Intellectual Property – Students Present 4. Assignment

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Quiz For each of the IP protections below answer a - f. 1. Trademark 2. Copyright 3. Patent 4. Trade Secret a-e (1/4 point) f (1/4 bonus point) a) What kind of IP does it protect? b) What qualifications does the IP have to meet to be protected? c) How long does the protection last? d) Who grants and/or enforces the protection? e) Who owns the IP this protects? f) Give a specific example of IP currently protected? © 2009 Keith A. Pray 3 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 4 12/2/2015 Overview 1. Quiz 2. Freedom Of Speech – Students Present 3. Intellectual Property – Students Present 4. Assignment

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing SPAM Overview The five W’s Freedom of Speech Solutions Will it every go away? © 2009 Keith A. Pray 5 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? We all know what it is… or do we? Many organizations spam, even our President! Spam happens continuously to virtually everyone Used for commercial and political advertising, solicitation for funds, pornography, scams and phishing attempts Botnets are used to spread spam © 2009 Keith A. Pray 6 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

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CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Freedom of Speech and Spam Isn’t Spam just Freedom of Speech? Actually… The right to send s is matched by the right to choose what one receives If sending mass s causes costly network traffic, then it shouldn’t be allowed Though the courts are usually very strong in supporting the First Amendment, they have ruled against spammers in the past © 2009 Keith A. Pray 8 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Solutions Traditional content filtering Contact checking Recurrent Pattern Detection Anti-Spam Legislature © 2009 Keith A. Pray 9 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Contact Checking © 2009 Keith A. Pray 10 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 11 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Anti-spam Legislature CAN-SPAM Act of 2003  Bans false or misleading headers  Prohibits deceptive subject lines  Must give recipiants an opt-out method  Requires commercial s to be identified as an advertisement and include sender’s valid physical address Think about the spam you receive… © 2009 Keith A. Pray 12 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Will it ever go away? In 2004 Bill Gates predicted that spam would be solved in 2 years Additional techniques seem to be constantly developed by spammers Can we really say that the new solutions are solutions? Perhaps spam is like other cyber crimes © 2009 Keith A. Pray 13 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Summary True spam is not protected by the First Amendment New technological solutions to spam are constantly developed, but spammers are equally savvy Will it ever go away? Who knows… © 2009 Keith A. Pray 14 12/2/2015 Ian Williams

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Internet Censorship Around the world Lucas Scotta Overview Why do governments censor the internet? What are some examples? Why is it bad? © 2009 Keith A. Pray 15 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Why censor the internet? Lucas Scotta © 2009 Keith A. Pray 16 12/2/2015 Threatens oppressive governments  Iranian election Offensive material Illegal or harmful information Western culture

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing How it works Lucas Scotta © 2009 Keith A. Pray 17 12/2/2015 Government-controlled internet backbone Firewalls Filters Monitoring

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Censorship around the world Lucas Scotta © 2009 Keith A. Pray 18 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing The Great Firewall of China Lucas Scotta Banned Google, Wikipedia, Technorati, New York Times Mirroring core routers monitor all international traffic Employ thousands of people to monitor online communication and censor the net Keep the internet “wholesome” © 2009 Keith A. Pray 19 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Ethical issues Lucas Scotta © 2009 Keith A. Pray 20 12/2/2015 Access to information Freedom of expression Censor opposition

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Works Cited Accessed 9/20/09 © 2009 Keith A. Pray 21 12/2/ censorship.jpg censorship.jpg the-block-list.ars the-block-list.ars different.html#slide3 different.html#slide3

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 22 12/2/2015 Overview 1. Quiz 2. Freedom Of Speech – Students Present 3. Intellectual Property – Students Present 4. Assignment

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing What is the DMCA, anyway? Alex Kuang Stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act Liked by:  RIAA, MPAA, Viacom  “Big Media” Disliked by:  EFF, Public Knowledge, other free speech groups  Cryptographers, researchers  Most of the internet © 2009 Keith A. Pray 23 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing RIAA DMCA as Banhammer Alex Kuang RIAA = Recording Industry Association of America Notorious name in recent years for filesharing suits Uses DMCA as backing for a lot of its suits © 2009 Keith A. Pray 24 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing Criticisms against RIAA Alex Kuang Abuse of DMCA + DRM “Assembly line” approach Settlement == extortion? Piracy? … $$$! Do they actually care? © 2009 Keith A. Pray 25 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing RIAA’s rationale Alex Kuang “No industry can compete with free” Non-tolerance for “culture of illegality” The Artists’ interests are our priority They are also trying to be “innovative” © 2009 Keith A. Pray 26 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing What’s happening now Alex Kuang Mar 2009: “Graduated response” program? Mar 2009: Still trotting out lawsuits against random people Sept 2009: Trying to push FCC to support ISP filtering services © 2009 Keith A. Pray 27 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing References Alex Kuang veoh-big-win-online-video (9/22/09) veoh-big-win-online-video (9/22/09) (9/22/09) policy/news/2009/09/big-content-still-cant- compete-with-free.ars (9/22/09) policy/news/2009/09/big-content-still-cant- compete-with-free.ars © 2009 Keith A. Pray 28 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing References Alex Kuang policy/news/2009/03/hypocrisy-or-necessity-riaa- continues-filing-lawsuits.ars (9/22/09) policy/news/2009/03/hypocrisy-or-necessity-riaa- continues-filing-lawsuits.ars policy/news/2009/09/isps-react-sort-of-support- network-neutralitywith-caveats.ars (9/22/09) policy/news/2009/09/isps-react-sort-of-support- network-neutralitywith-caveats.ars © 2009 Keith A. Pray 29 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing References Alex Kuang policy/news/2009/03/att-joins-riaa-program-but- refuses-to-sanction-users.ars (9/22/09) policy/news/2009/03/att-joins-riaa-program-but- refuses-to-sanction-users.ars policy/news/2009/09/fcc-chairman-wants- network-neutrality-wired-and- wireless.ars?comments=1 (9/22/09) policy/news/2009/09/fcc-chairman-wants- network-neutrality-wired-and- wireless.ars?comments=1 © 2009 Keith A. Pray 30 12/2/2015

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 31 12/2/2015 Overview 1. Quiz 2. Freedom Of Speech – Students Present 3. Intellectual Property – Students Present 4. Assignment

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 32 12/2/2015 Assignment –Term Project Work Complete first pass of learning all you can  Should result in reference list and notes at minimum  Could include material about related technologies from the present and past (timelines are handy here) You should start thinking about all this material in the context of the subjects we’ve covered to date  Professional Ethics, Crime, Privacy, Freedom Of Speech, Intellectual Property, Work Ethics in general is simply a tool for logical thinking concerning what is the right thing to do in a situation.

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing 12/2/2015© 2009 Keith A. Pray 33 Class 8 The End Keith A. Pray Instructor socialimps.keithpray.net

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 34 12/2/2015 Intellectual Property What is it?  How is it different from physical property? Why is it protected? How is it protected?

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 35 12/2/2015 Trademark Unique name, phrase, design, etc. Use? Scope? Term? What are some examples?

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 36 12/2/2015 Copyright Protects work in tangible form.  Expression, not ideas Holder  US Default? Exceptions?, Transferred? Regained?  Rights: Controls distribution, Controls derivative work, Public Performance, others?  US Term? How are they governed? Fair Use? Rationale?

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 37 12/2/2015 Patent Covers? Requirements? Terms? You cannot patent an idea.

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 38 12/2/2015 Trade Secret What are they? How are they enforced?

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 39 12/2/2015 How Does Intellectual Property Protection Apply To Computers? Hardware design Programs Algorithms Look And feel Music And Text Sharing

CS 3043 Social Implications Of Computing © 2009 Keith A. Pray 40 12/2/2015 Protecting Software Patented? Copyrighted? Trade Secret? License agreements? Open source and free software?