Week 12: Social & Ethical Issues

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Lecture summary
The lecture was about ethical and social issues when it comes to computers and the security and privacy of its users. This lecture gave a overview of the problems associated with the internet and how to protect yourself against identity fraud, SPAM, suspicious attachments and programs and links you can search to help you understand to protect yourself better.

Tutorial summary
In the tutorial we visited the copyright website of Australia and a few others such as the apra website.

Workshop Tasks
1. a) First we went to the Australian copyright website: http://www.copyright.org.au/
then went to the Copyright information links at the top of the page, then on the next page we followed the link at the bottom All Information sheets.

The information sheets site
b) FIVE information sheets

Research or study.
This article provides the copyright information that needs to be followed when using copyrighted material for study or research purposes. It gives an outline of what do to.

Games & Copyright

This article provides the copyright information and details that need to be considered when copying or distributing games that have a copyright stamp.



House plans & copyright
This article would apply to people that are considering using copyrighted house plans. This article provides some questions and answers regarding using copyrighted house plans.


This article provides some common questions and answers regarding copying or downloading music from music label organisations that distribute them.



This article provides some common questions and answers regarding copying or downloading videos and DVD's. As downloading movies and distributing them illegally is a crime. These copyright laws are often very serious and can result in massive penalties.

2. We then visited the APRA website : http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/online_mobile/online_mobile.asp
This site explains that the use of copyright music requires the appropriate clearances to be obtained. It also explains that whenever music is downloaded or streamed over the internet, there are a number of rights which are exploited. This copyright covers digital downloads as full length songs; mobile phone ringtones and webcasting.

3. Protecting your privacy and security
- First of all when it comes to protecting your privacy and and protecting your computer from viruses. You need to have a anti-virus program, i would use AVG anti-virus, it is free and automatically updates itself when it gets connected to the internet. It also automatically scans any attachments or documents that you open for viruses and will let you know immediately.

-Another program is Ad-Ware SE Personal, this program is also free to download, it will update each time an update is available. Running this program will let you know of any files that are downloaded onto your computer without you knowing it each time you enter an untrusted site.

-You should also get a program called ZoneAlarm, with this program, you can lock your internet when you are away from the computer, this will protect your personal files from potential hackers. When you recieve emails from unknown senders, don't even open them these could pose as a risk of getting a virus, be aware of attachments and SPAM emails.

-When giving your credit card details up over the net make sure it is a secure site. Trusted and secure sites have a little lock icon at the bottom of the window and the web address would have a s after the http like this: https://.......................



Readings

EFF's Top 12 ways to protect your online privacy (http://www.eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy)

This site provides 12 ways to protect your privacy. These include that you should not provide any personal details about yourself on the internet. Don't reveal personal information to strangers over the net, especially on personal sites and in chat rooms!! It provides many more ways to protect your privacy.


Electronic Monitoring (http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/social/workplace/monitoring/)

This site provides information on the types of monitoring in workplaces and in the home. Including privacy issues and policies in the workplace.

Overview of Intellectual Property (http://www.bpmlegal.com/overview.html)

This site is about pat4ents, trademarks and copyrights on the net. Including some information about domain names and trade secrets. This site is mainly about intellectual property on the net. Patents are used to protect inventions from being stolen by other people. Trademarks are registered and cannot be copied. Examples are Coca Cola and such. Copyright materials include books, architectural works, movies, art pieces etc.