M6: Legal, Ethical, Societal Issues in Media Information Flashcards
Practice of modifying is altering computer software and hardware to accomplish a goal that is considered to be outside of the creator’s original objective
Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media Information
Protects original works of authorship as soon as the author fixes the job in a tangible form of expression
Copyrights / Intellectual Properties
Intellectual Property Code of The Philippines
Republic Act No. 8293
Property right for an inventor typically granted by a government agency
Patents
Protection for the aesthetic of a device or invention / logo
Design Patent
Safeguards for new varieties of plants
Plant Patent
Protection for a product that serves a practical purposes and is useful
Utility Patent
Authors and creators exclusive right to use, copy, or duplicate their material
Traditional Copyright
Use a copyrighted work without a liscence
Fair Use
Liscence that is given to the public to use their creative work
Creative Commons
Often associated with a company’s brand: Symbols, phrase, or insignia
Trademarks
Allows the franchisee to sell a product or provide a service under the company’s name
Franchise
Impulse control disorder that involves the obsessive use of digital devices, technologies, and platforms
Digital Addiction
Practice that is not public information: Could be a design, pattern, recipe, formula, or proprietary process
Trade Secret
Refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communication technology (ICT), those that don’t or have restricted access
Digital Divide
