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Ethical, Legal, Cultural & Environmental Issues (Legal Issues (Eight…
Ethical, Legal, Cultural & Environmental Issues
Ethical Issues
To what extent is copying software, music and motion picture files really a form of stealing?
Arguments for Piracy
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It is up to the content creators to sufficiently protect the distribution of their product if they want to prevent piracy.
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Arguments against Piracy
Making software, music and films is not free from expense. It has to be paid for otherwise the industries would close.
Artists/developers deserve reward.
Not everyone is doing it, and that doesn't make it right.
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Legal Issues
Under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, it is illegal to:
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with the intent to modify data, e.g. viruses.
Make any unauthorised access to data,
The Creative Commons Licensing is a standardised way to grant copyright permissions to creative work. It allows and author to retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of their work
The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 makes it illegal to copy, modify or distribute software, music, video or other intellectual property without permission of the author.
The purpose of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is to provide the public with access to information held by public authorities.
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