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Protection (recap)

Common sense Antivirus software (some free, eg: AVG) Update OS Verify the validity of info in e-mails received

Use search engines, database searches (phone book) etc… Do not follow links in e-mail Remember: sender address can be spoofed

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Intellectual property, copyright

IP = information resulting from human creation process Owner = creator (if not hired) Copyright = legislation protecting right of owners

Copy Derive work Distribute work Perform/display publicly EXCEPTIONS: fair use / fair dealing (Canadian term)

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DCMA

DMCA=Digital Millennium Copyright Act (US)

Canada = no “updated” law currently.

Controversy:• DCMA did not work• in CA, on definition of “fair dealing”.

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Other resources…

A good summary of the controversy:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070415-dmca-hitchikes-north-to-canada-catches-a-lift-with-conservatives.html

Alternative licenses (document stating legal rights of users of IP)

• Creative commons license (right to use/change/distribute IP without permission for non-commercial purposes)EX: for education, a science fair at school…EX: Starwreck (movie), Elephant dream (movie)

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Software world

… one buys the right to use software. Rights stated in License Agreement Document.

EX: Microsoft EULA (End User License Agreement)

[…]1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not be used by more than one processor at any one time on any single Workstation Computer.[…]

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Alternative licenses…

GNU (Free Software Foundation)Freedoms:

• run• study & adapt• distribute• modify and distribute

Open source (limitations in modify/distribute)

Freeware (no fee, no right to study & distribute modifications)

Shareware (free to try, pay to use).

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Example:

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Music world

DRM: digital rights management (locking media files and restricting access to the media)EX: playing only on 1 device, expiry date in effect (cannot play file after a deadline), etc…

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Samples

• Richard Stallman on Free Software Foundation manifesto• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM• Starwreck• Book on Canadian Copyright law (Creative Commons License)http://www.irwinlaw.com/books.aspx?bookid=120