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

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