1. Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology
CCIT 234 Chapter 4 (part 2): Intellectual property
Lecturer: wadha al-otaibi

2. Chapter Outline Copying and Sharing
Responses to copyright Infringement
Digital Rights Management

3. Copying and Sharing What is the problem?
The solution can come from technology, business, education and law.
Software was the first digital product to be widely copied.

4. Responses to copyright Infringement
Defensive And Aggressive Responses from the content industries
Dongle: a device that the purchaser has to plug into a port on the computer so that the software will run (ensure that the software run on only one machine at a time )
“copy protection”
Serial Number.

6. Digital Rights Management
What is DRM??
Collection of techniques that control uses of intellectual property in digital format
DRM includes HW and SW
The ability to limit the duration of use.
Blocking the copy or print or save functions.

7. The Criticism On The DRM
Preventing the fair-use
No right to lend or resell.
DRM doesn’t really protecting.

8. International Piracy
Some countries do not recognize or protect intellectual property
Countries that have high piracy rates often do not have a significant software industry
The fact that the victims is from a foreign country!
Software piracy is the illegal copying, distribution, or use of software.

9. Activity Give example on software piracy ?
So for examples, just think of any software you or someone you know bought. Then think of someone using that same software they acquired without paying. They are using pirated software. Art programs, music programs, games, etc.. are popular.

10. Questions: Q1) Fill blanks:
1- ………………..was the first digital product to be widely copied.
2- …………………is collection of technique includes HW and SW that control uses of intellectual property in digital format
Q2) Define dongle and DRM ?