Computer Ethics?
Talk about Intellectual Property first.
Intellectual Property Rights
Rights granted to inventors, writers, artists and others
To Protect their inventions and products
Trademarks
Patents
Designs
And Copyrights
About copyright in HK ...
Once a work is created, the copyright is automatically granted
to the owner...
If you want to distribute or download copyright material on the Internet, you should obtain permission first.
According to Copyright Ordinance
(Section 119) A person who sell, distributes or merely possesses infringing copies is liable to find of $50000 each infringing copy
AND imprisonment for 4 YEARS
In 2007...
AKA 古惑天皇
CONVICTED of copyright infringement for using
BT
to share films
He had to spend
3 MONTHS
in
JAIL
Proprietary Software
like...
we are not allow to shareBUT
We can share OPEN SOURCE software, like...
We can share and modify...
Shareware
Trial Period
Personal use
with Advertisements
or
Restrictions
Freeware
No Trial Period
Free to personal use
may
NOT
be free to be copied and modified
DON'T buy
from
AND DON'T
download from
THEY are ILLEGAL!
