To protect their ownership and control over how their intellectual property is used. Requiring permission ensures they can determine appropriate and legal uses of their creative works.

1. Exploring Ethics

2. In This Lesson, You Will Learn
Why copyrights are necessary
How to use technology ethically and
legally
How to cite online sources

3. Ethics and Technology
Ethics - The rules we use to define behavior as
“right” or “wrong.”
To determine whether an action is ethical or
unethical, ask yourself:
How will this affect others?
What would happen if everyone did this?

4. What Is Intellectual Property?
The law helps people act ethically by
protecting both physical property and
intellectual property.
Intellectual Property - Ideas and concepts
created or owned by a person or company;
examples are
books, music, movies, software, and
inventions.

5. Copyright
Individuals or companies can apply for a
copyright to protect their intellectual
property.
Copyright - The legal protection for
intellectual property.

9. Trademark
They can also use a trademark to protect a
specific name or image that identifies an
organization or its products.
Trademark - A name, symbol, or other feature
that identifies a product with a specific owner;
signified by ™ or ®.

28. How Can I Copy Legally?
In general, permission is required to
reproduce copyrighted material.
Permission - Approval by the owner or creator of
a work to let someone else use the work in a way
that was not its original purpose.
What you can and cannot copy from a Web
site is usually addressed in the site’s Terms of
Use.
Terms of Use - A Web site’s rules regarding
permission.

29. What is Fair Use?
According to fair use, some copyrighted works may
be legal to use or copy without permission.
Fair Use - The right to use or copy a copyrighted
work without seeking permission.
• For example:
 Teachers may copy a book page for a lesson.
 Students may usually include copyrighted material in a school report.
 You may listen to (but not copy) a friend’s music CD.
 You may use TiVo® to record a TV show for private use.

30. What is Public Domain?
Public Domain - Describes material that people can
freely use without permission.
Materials within the public domain also do not
require permission.
Examples are:
 Material on which the copyright has expired
 Government-published information
 Material offered free to the public by the creators

31. What Is Piracy and File Sharing?
Piracy - The act of copying or sharing
copyrighted material without permission.
Ex: Copying software, music or videos from the
original disks or the internet without obtaining
permission.
File sharing - Downloading copyrighted music
and videos and sharing them
for free with other users

32. It is legal to download or copy the following
types of software with few restrictions:
 Shareware – ltd version
 Freeware – full version

33. Draw Conclusions
Give one reason the owner of intellectual
property would require that you get permission
before using or copying material.