2. Copyright laws protect original works, but not ideas or
facts.
The Copyright Act of 1976 grants exclusive rights to
the copyright holder.
A copyright protects original works such as: literary,
musical, dramatic, pictorial, graphic, and sculptural
works, motion pictures and other audiovisual works,
sound recordings, architectural, words on a website,
and software programs on a website.
The copyright holder has rights likes reproduction,
distribution, performance, display, audio & video
transmission.
3. Whether the material is being
used for commercial or
educational and non-
commercial purposes.
Whether the material is factual
or informational or whether it
is for primarily entertainment
purposes.
The amount of material
copied and whether the
material constituted the
"heart" of a particular item.
The effect upon the economic
value of the copyrighted work.
5. Stealing someone
else's work.
Not properly citing
work such as,
plagiarism,
paraphrasing, and
coping word for
word.
Not giving credit to
creator of work.
6.
7. Raccine, S. (2014). Off the Page Creations.
Retrieved from
http://www.offthepagecreations.com/legal_is
sues_internet.php
University of Phoenix. (2014). U.S. Copyright
Office. Retrieved from University of Phoenix,
AET/531 website.
Editor's Notes
Hello, my name is Emilio Valdivia. I will do a presentation on Legal and Ethical Issues With Modern Technologies.
Copyrights protect people from having their work stolen. The Copyright Act of 1976 allows the holder to have all rights associated with their original work. People can protect such works as music, graphics, videos, and written words. The people can hold all the rights to the work that they have created. (Raccine, 2014)
It is important to understand who owns intellectual property such as, research from websites, classroom discussions, lectures, and syllabus. Fair use allows limited work use of copyrighted material and can be obtained for research purposes. Courts use four factors to determine whether material is covered by the fair use doctrine. (Raccine,2014)
Students have low awareness about copyright and the legal issues or problems that could occur. It is important for students to understand the law or students could be subjected to several criminal charges. (University of Phoenix, 2014).
It is important for students to consider the ethical issues of using the work of others.
In conclusion, students will need to understand the laws of copyrights, understand fair use doctrine, and take the necessary steps to avoid any legal issues. It is also important for students to have an understanding of ethical issues that may affect themselves, affect other students, and how ethical issues could affect the university.
