M2S3: Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information Flashcards
Refers to creation of the mind. Can be an invention (patent/utility model), a design (industrial design), a brand name (trademark), or a literary and artistic work (copyright).
Intellectual Property
Types of Intellectual Property
Patent
Utility Models
Industrial Design
Trademark
Copyright
an exclusive right granted for a new, inventive, & useful product. It can take the form of a new product, process or technical improvement to existing inventions.
Patent
an exclusive right granted to for an invention, but it does not require the condition of the involvement of an inventive step to be protected. A registrable utility model is any technical solution to a problem in any field of human activity which is new and industrially applicable.
Utility Models
consists of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color
Industrial Design
a word, a group of words, sign, symbol, or a logo that distinguishes your business’ goods or services from those of other traders
Trademark
protects literary and artistic works, such as books and other writings, musical works, films, paintings and other works, and computer programs.
Copyright
occurs when there is a violation of any of the exclusive economic or moral rights granted to the copyright owner
Copyright Infringement
an act that violates the law, which is perpetrated using information and communication technology (ICT) to either target networks, systems, data, websites and/or technology or facilitate a crime.
Cybercrime
Types of Cybercrime
Unsolicited Commercial Communications
Cybersex
Child Pornography
Cyber-squatting
Identity Theft
Libel
Computer-related Fraud
The transmission of commercial electronic communication with the use of computer system which seek to advertise, sell, or offer for sale products and services
Unsolicited Commercial Communications
the willful engagement, maintenance, control, or operation, directly or indirectly, of any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity, with the aid of a computer system, for favor or consideration
Cybersex
the unlawful or prohibited acts defined and punishable by Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, committed through a computer system
Child Pornography
the acquisition of a domain name over the internet in bad faith to profit, mislead, destroy reputation, and deprive others from registering the same
Cyber-squatting
the intentional acquisition, use, misuse, transfer, possession, alteration or deletion of identifying information belonging to another, whether natural or juridical, without right
Identity Theft
a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to blacken the memory of one who is already dead
Libel
the intentional and unauthorized input, alteration, or deletion of computer data or program or interference in the functioning of a computer system
Computer-related Fraud
How long can internet users be sentenced for posting defamatory comments on facebook and twitter?
12 years
How long will individuals guilty of cybersex be jailed, or, how much is their potential fine?
prision mayor (6 years and one day to 12 years)
OR
Fine of at least P200,000 but not exceeding P1,000,000
How long will individuals guilty of child pornography be jailed, and how much is their potential fine?
reclusion perpetua (20-40 years) and a fine from P50,000 to P5 million
How long will individuals guilty of unsolicited communication be jailed, or, how much is their potential fine?
arresto mayor (1 month and 1 day to 6 months), or fine of least P50,000 but not more than P250,000 or both
the act of posting rude, offensive or insulting messages against a victim on the internet.
Cyberbullying
There is a very partial distribution of digital resources making the production, consumption, and utilization of digital information and the presence of the digital highway pervasive only in selected areas of the world and even in the selected areas of the country.
Digital Divide
Virtual self pertains to how people represent or portray themselves in the virtual world. It can either be the replica of one’s reality or the ideal version of that person.
Virtual Self and Netiquette
