This document defines computer ethics and discusses some of its key principles. It notes that computer ethics is a set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers and addresses issues like intellectual property rights, privacy, and the influence of computers on society. It provides examples of how computer ethics suggests that duplicating copyrighted content or accessing someone's personal information without permission would be unethical. The document also states that as technology advances, computer ethics continues to create standards addressing new issues raised by emerging technologies.
2. Definition of Ethics:
Ethics is a set of moral principles that govern
the behavior of a group or individual.
Therefore, computer ethics is set of moral
principles that regulate the use of
computers. Some common issues of
computer ethics include intellectual property
rights (such as copyrighted electronic
content), privacy concerns, and how
computers affect society.
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computer ethics definition
For example, while it is easy to duplicate
copyrighted electronic (or digital) content,
computer ethics would suggest that it is
wrong to do so without the author's approval.
And while it may be possible to access
someone's personal information on a
computer system, computer ethics would
advise that such an action is unethical.
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5. As technology advances, computers continue
to have a greater impact on society.
Therefore, computer ethics promotes the
discussion of how much influence computers
should have in areas such as artificial
intelligence and human communication.
As the world of computers evolves,
computer ethics continues to create ethical
standards that address new issues raised by
new technologies.
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7. Materials of respectivelty
Software copyright is the extension
of copyright law to machine readable software.
While many of the legal principles and policy
debates concerning software copyright have
close parallels in other domains of copyright
law, there are a number of distinctive issues that
arise with software.
This article will primarily focus on topics
peculiar to software.
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9. Software copyright is used by proparitery
software companies to prevent the
unauthorized copying of their
software. free and open source licenses also
rely on copyright law to enforce their terms.
For instance, copyleft licenses impose a
duty on licensees to share their modifications
to the copylefted work with the user or copy
owner under some circumstances.
No such duty would apply had the software
in question been in the public domain.
10. To be following these rules
Without the permission of the copyright
holder,
One can not make copies of the software
program.
Reproduce copies for your computer or local
network.
You can not download the Internet copy
program.