chapter 10: legal and ethical etc

Question 1

What does intellectual property mean?

Answer 1

You have ownership of what you create

Question 2

Give some examples of intellectual property

Answer 2

music, art, film, broadcasts, sound recordings, literature etc

Question 3

What kind of intellectual property is computer programming counted as?

Answer 3

literature

Question 4

What is the name of the law concerning copyright and intellectual property?

Answer 4

copyright designs and patents act 1988

Question 5

What is the name of the law protecting intellectual property?

Answer 5

copyright designs and patents act 1988

Question 6

What does copyright mean?

Answer 6

Copyrighted material of any medium can only be copied, used or rewritten with permission from the creator

Question 7

How are films, photography and music copyrighted?

Answer 7

automatically on creation

Question 8

What is the exception to copyright laws?

Answer 8

Educational use (eg research or private study)
Sources must be acknowledged

Question 9

What stops an original design from being copied?

Answer 9

Design right

Question 10

What does design right protect?

Answer 10

how something looks

Question 11

How long is something protected for with a design right?

Answer 11

25 years

Question 12

When is a patent used?

Answer 12

When the invention is something that can be made or used

Question 13

What does a patent protect?

Answer 13

How an invention works/what it does

Question 14

How long do patents last?

Answer 14

up to 20 years

Question 15

What must an invention have to be allowed a patent?

Answer 15

Must have required a step not obvious to someone else with knowledge and experience on the same subject

Question 16

What inventions cannot be patented?

Answer 16

scientific and mathematical equations

some computer programs

Question 17

What does a trademark protect?

Answer 17

The name or logo used to identify a business or product

Question 18

What can be a trademark?

Answer 18

name, logo, domain name, slogan, shape, sound

Question 19

In what year was the computer misuse act made?

Answer 19

1990

Question 20

What is the maximum penalty for committing an offence under the computer misuse act?

Answer 20

a fine or prison sentence depending on the severity of the offence

Question 21

What are the three offences under the computer misuse act, in order of severity?

Answer 21

1. unauthorised access to computer material (eg data, programs)
2. unauthorised access with the intent to commit or facilitate further offences
3. unauthorised modification of computer material

Question 22

Which act amended part of the computer misuse act in 2006?

Answer 22

sections 35-38 of the police and justice act

Question 23

What is cracking and hacking?

Answer 23

illegally breaking into a computer system

Question 24

What does DPA stand for?

Answer 24

data protection act 1984 and 1998

Question 25

What is personal data?

Answer 25

Data which relates to a living person and can be used to identify them

Question 26

What is a data controller?

Answer 26

a person who decides why and how personal data is processed

Question 27

What is a data processor?

Answer 27

a person who processes data on behalf of a data controller