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Protection (recap)
Common sense Antivirus software (some free, eg: AVG) Update OS Verify the validity of info in e-mails received
Use search engines, database searches (phone book) etc… Do not follow links in e-mail Remember: sender address can be spoofed
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Intellectual property, copyright
IP = information resulting from human creation process Owner = creator (if not hired) Copyright = legislation protecting right of owners
Copy Derive work Distribute work Perform/display publicly EXCEPTIONS: fair use / fair dealing (Canadian term)
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DCMA
DMCA=Digital Millennium Copyright Act (US)
Canada = no “updated” law currently.
Controversy:• DCMA did not work• in CA, on definition of “fair dealing”.
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Other resources…
A good summary of the controversy:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070415-dmca-hitchikes-north-to-canada-catches-a-lift-with-conservatives.html
Alternative licenses (document stating legal rights of users of IP)
• Creative commons license (right to use/change/distribute IP without permission for non-commercial purposes)EX: for education, a science fair at school…EX: Starwreck (movie), Elephant dream (movie)
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Software world
… one buys the right to use software. Rights stated in License Agreement Document.
EX: Microsoft EULA (End User License Agreement)
[…]1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not be used by more than one processor at any one time on any single Workstation Computer.[…]
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Alternative licenses…
GNU (Free Software Foundation)Freedoms:
• run• study & adapt• distribute• modify and distribute
Open source (limitations in modify/distribute)
Freeware (no fee, no right to study & distribute modifications)
Shareware (free to try, pay to use).
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Example:
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Music world
DRM: digital rights management (locking media files and restricting access to the media)EX: playing only on 1 device, expiry date in effect (cannot play file after a deadline), etc…
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Samples
• Richard Stallman on Free Software Foundation manifesto• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM• Starwreck• Book on Canadian Copyright law (Creative Commons License)http://www.irwinlaw.com/books.aspx?bookid=120