The Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics - from the Brookings Institution
| The Computer Ethics Institute: http://www.brook.edu/its/cei/cei_hp.htm |
| The Ten Commandments - http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/its/cei/overview/Ten_Commanments_of_Computer_Ethics.htm |
- Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
- Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work.
- Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files.
- Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
- Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
- Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid.
- Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization.
- Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output.
- Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
- Thou shalt use a computer in ways that consideration and respect.
Links
| U.S Justice Department - Justice for Kids and Youth - http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/ |
| Cyberethics - http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm |
| Trust-e Organization - http://www.truste.org/education/users_parents_teacher_guide.html |
| Ethics of Computing - http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/eos/info/computer_ethics/ |
Copyright Law and Fair Use
Technology makes it easy to copy! But consider the law...
U.S. Copyright Law - http://www.loc.gov/copyright
| Protects the rights of the owner of
intellectual property and creative products
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| Grants the copyright owner exclusive rights to the product | ||||||||||||||||
| Guarantees the owner of the copyright the rights to any financial gain resulting from the product for a specified length of time | ||||||||||||||||
| Products can not be copied without permission from the holder of the copyright | ||||||||||||||||
| Owner of copyright can take legal action against anyone who violates the copyright. |
Whether a copyright notice appears or not - Web material is generally considered protected by copyright.
Fair Use
| Check out Hall Davidson's Website on Copyright and Fair Use - http://www.halldavidson.net/downloads.html | ||||||||||||||
| Here's a quick copyright chart of what is ok to use and what is not: http://www.halldavidson.net/chartshort.html | ||||||||||||||
| Provides for use of material for educational purposes. | ||||||||||||||
| Allows students to use copyrighted material in school projects | ||||||||||||||
| Must meet criteria
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| Often best to write for permission to use
copyrighted material
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Copyright Law in the Electronic Environment -
| Georgia Harper http://www3.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/faculty.htm |
| Crash Course in Copyright - http://www3.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm |
| Students can incorporate copyrighted work into their own multimedia creations when part of an academic assignments. |
| Faculty members can incorporate others' work into multimedia to create multimedia curriculum and demonstrate that curriculum at professional symposia. |
| The time limit for fair use of others' multimedia work is two years. |
| Limits as to amount used from the US Patent and Trademark Office- http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/confu |
Questions from Hall Davidson's website will be included. See the two copyright quizzes and answers at: http://www.halldavidson.net/downloads.html These are pdf files, so you will need to be able to read them in Acrobat Reader.
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
CIPA Resources:
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Federal Communications Commission - http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html |
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CIPA - American Library Association - http://www.ala.org/cipa/ |
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Frequently Asked Questions on CIPA from Schools and Libraries Universal Service: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/CIPAfaq.asp |
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in December 2000 to address concerns about access in schools and libraries to the Internet and other information. For any school or library that receives discounts for Internet access or for internal connections, CIPA imposes certain requirements. In early 2001, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued rules to ensure that CIPA is carried out.
What CIPA Requires:
Under CIPA, schools subject to CIPA do not receive the discounts offered by the "E-Rate" program (discounts that make access to the Internet affordable to schools and libraries) unless they certify that they have certain Internet safety measures in place. These include measures to block or filter pictures that: (a) are obscene, (b) contain child pornography, or (c) when computers with Internet access are used by minors, are harmful to minors;
Schools subject to CIPA are required to adopt a policy to monitor online activities of minors; and
Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt a policy addressing: (a) access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet and World Wide Web; (b) the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications; (c) unauthorized access, including so-called "hacking," and other unlawful activities by minors online; (d) unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and (e) restricting minors' access to materials harmful to them. CIPA does not require the tracking of Internet use by minors or adults.
For the school year July 2001 through June 2002 and thereafter, schools and libraries were required to certify that they had their safety policies and technology in place, or that they were taking the necessary actions to put them in place before receiving E-rate funding for the following school year.
It should be noted, however, that a federal court recently struck down portions of CIPA that require libraries to filter visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors. The Commission has therefore suspended enforcement of those provisions as they apply to libraries. The federal court decision has been appealed by the government, and is currently pending before the United States Supreme Court. The law as it applies to schools was not challenged, however, and remains in place.
Resources of Safety and Privacy Issues | American Library Association - http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internetusepolicies.html |
| Child Safety on the Information Highway - http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm |
| Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse - http://www.safewiredschools.org/index.html |
