IT OWNERSHIP
7.1 - Intellectual Property and Changing Technology
7.3 – Search Engine and Online Librarie
7.4 – Fair-Use Doctrine
7.5 – International Piracy
7.6 – Analytical Tools in Plagiarism
7.2 – Intellectual Property Laws
Three different routes
Challenges of New Technology
- Digital technology and the internet has made copyright infringement easier and cheaper
- New compression technologies have made copying large files (e.g. graphics, video and audio files) feasible
Copyright holders
Intellectual Property:
- The intangible creative work, not its particular physical form
- Value of intelligence and artistic work comes from creativity, ideas, research, skills, labor, non-material efforts and attributes the creator provides
- Protected by copyright and patent law.
Property:
means possession or something to which the owner has the rights.
To make copies
To produce derivative works, such as translations into other languages or movies based on books
To distribute copies
To perform the work in public (e.g. music, plays)
To display the work in public (e.g. artwork, movies, computer games, video on a Web site)
copyright
patent
trademark
Copyrightable Works
Patent
An intellectual property right relating to inventions – i.e. to advances made in a technical field
- Patent allows you to prevent anyone from producing, using or selling your invention unless you are paid for the privilege
- Patents protect inventions of new things or processes
Five exclusive rights
reproduction right
modification right
distribution right
public performance right
public display right
literary and artistic works
musical works, including any accompanying words
dramatic and musical works
Trademark
A distinctive sign which is used to distinguish the products or services of different businesses
- A trademark is a word, name, phrase, logo, image, symbol, design, slogan or a combination of these elements, secured by legal registration that identifies a manufacturer’s or trader’s product or service from other products and services
Examples
Issues derived from this technology
Public Libraries Online
Online Libraries Services
Plagiarism
Big data
Infobesity / information overload
A limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work.
Responses from the Content Industries:
Banning, suing and taxing
Copying and Sharing
Unauthorized copying and sharing of music, and now video, continue at a huge rate on the Web.
Four factors considered
Examples
commentary
search engines
criticism
news reporting
Purpose and nature of use
Nature of the copyrighted work
Amount of significance or portion used
Effect of use on potential market or value of the copyright work
Three main categories of copyright software piracy
- produce and sell unauthorized copies of popular software packages
- buy one or a few copies software package
and install on dozens or hundreds of computers. - download from Internet
Protecting Software Copyrights
Digital Rights Management :
Collection of techniques that control uses of intellectual property in digital formats
Microsoft Product Activation
It is an anti-piracy technology designed to verify that the product has been legitimately licensed.
Turnitin
Viper
DupliChecker
PaperRater
SeeSources.com