Chapter 6 Intellectual Property Rights and Ethics

Question 1

What is intellectual property rights?

Answer 1

The legal rights to which creators of original creative works such as artistic or literary works, inventions, corporate logos and more are entitled

Question 2

What are three main types of intellectual property rights?

Answer 2

Copyrights
Trademarks
Patents

Question 3

What is a Copyright?

Answer 3

The legal right to sell, publish or distribute and original artistic or literary work; it is held by the creator of a work as soon as it exists in physical form

Question 4

What is a Digital watermark?

Answer 4

A subtle alteration of digital content that is not noticeable she the work is viewed or played but that identifies the copyright holder.

Question 5

What is Digital Rights Management (DRM) software?

Answer 5

Software used to protect and manage the rights of creators of digital content, such as art, music, photographs and movies

Question 6

What is a Trademark?

Answer 6

A word, phrase, symbol or design that identifies goods or services

Question 7

What is Cybersquatting?

Answer 7

The act of registering a domain name with the intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else

Question 8

What is the World Intellectual Property Organization? (WIPO)

Answer 8

WIPO is a specialized agency of the UN and attempts to resolve international commercial disputes about intellectual property between private parties. This includes domain names etc.

Question 9

What s the Anti cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act?

Answer 9

1999 makes it illegal to cybersquat and all allows for penalties up to 100000 dollars for each willful registration of a domain name that infringes on a trademark.

Question 10

What is a patent?

Answer 10

A form of protection for an invention that can be granted by the government; gives exclusive rights of and invention to its inventor for 20years.

Question 11

What is the USPTO?

Answer 11

the US patent and trademark office

Question 12

What is Ethics?

Answer 12

Overall moral conduct

Question 13

What is computer ethics?`

Answer 13

Standards of moral conduct as they relate to computer use

Question 14

What is Business Ethics?

Answer 14

Standards of moral conduct that guide a business’s policies, decisions, and actions

Question 15

What is Plagiarisms?

Answer 15

Presenting someone else’s work as your own

Question 16

What is the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005?

Answer 16

Makes transmitting or recording a movie during a performance ant a US movie theatre illegal. Most movie studios now have embedded invisible digital watermarks in each print release to a theatre

Question 17

What is a code of conduct?

Answer 17

A policy often for a school or business, that specifies allowable use of resources, such as computers and other equipment

Question 18

What is code of ethics?

Answer 18

A policy, often for an organization or industry that specifies overall moral guidelines adopted by that organization or industry

Question 19

What is a whistle blower?

Answer 19

employees who reveal wrongdoings within an organization to authorities

Question 20

What is a computer hoax?

Answer 20

An inaccurate statement or story spread through the use of computers

Question 21

What is Digital Manipulation?

Answer 21

The alteration of digital content usually photos.

Question 22

What is vapourware?

Answer 22

A term used to designate software and hardware products that have been announced and advertised but are not yet and may never be available. Sometimes it is unintentional others it is done intentionally which is considered unethical