...never steal from the man, who trusts the world enough to put it out for anyone to see, yet some steal from businesses, steal ideas from each other, and often take what they don’t deserve. People steal music online, illegally download movies, etc. However, I think of the man with his lonely bag, and how if one were to take say a tube of toothpaste from him, it would leave a resounding effect on his life, besides the initial hurt of having something taken from him. He would have to find a way to replace the object, and if it was something that he used to stay healthy, being without it could cause poor health effects. People are subconsciously aware of the difference one missing object would make on the homeless man’s life and that is why they walk past the bag rather than view...
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...What are some of the ethical challenges surrounding the movie and music industries as they relate to the Internet? Today's technology makes it much easier to get and give away copyrighted material illegally. Many people are taking advantage of the access, downloading and sharing everything from games to movies to music to software. Unfortunately, people find the chance to get this stuff for free just too tempting, do not do it. It comes with large consequences, it is called digital piracy, and it is the act of illegally downloading copyrighted games, music, movies, TV shows, and software that you haven't paid for. Not paying people for their creative work isn't just an ethical issue, it's illegal. Under U.S. copyright law, offenders could be punishable by up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. We need to educate everyone on these issues and make sure you are downloading from authentic software from authorized sources to avoid pitfalls of piracy. We also need to lead by example with our kids today by letting them know cheap and easy downloads are not always better, they are usually illegal and can be harmful to your computer. How has education affected your views about the practice of downloading or copying multimedia content in these fields? Education has affected my view about the practice of downloading or copying multimedia content in these fields because downloading or copying multimedia content for free can cost the music or movie industry millions of dollars...
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...portable media player; it has numerous applications from all forms of entertainment to social networking. Apple marketed the first iPod touch in September of 2007, and by present day; it is rare to find any individual without one. Background As the iTouch is able to download music, videos, and movies, there are all kinds of legal ethical issues that are involved such as copyright infringements. In addition, since they are mobile devices, users can connect to the Internet through any unsecured wireless network, even if it means they are stealing the service. Additionally, there are various social issues drawn in since the Touch acts as a form of communication. With users constantly updating their statuses and the convenience of the tracking tool, it creates severe problems for stalking and cyber security. Another thing that has come up recently is that Apple is now offering subscriptions to magazines, newspapers, and etc. that can be read on the Touch. The problem is that one has to pay for and download an application from the Apple store in order to read them, even though one has already paid for a subscription to the magazine. The iPod Touch has doubtlessly strengthened sociability between people, but it also shaped problems for cyber stalking and personal safety. Ethical legal issues Copyright infringement becomes a severe problem when consumers illegally download music, videos, and movies. When people illegally download these services, the artists do not get paid, which...
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...for profit. The first do not seem to see the issues caused by this practice such as; the spreading of viruses and lower quality products. We will use Reynolds' Seven-Step Ethical Decision Making Approach for the breakdown of the ethical reality of software piracy. Introduction Software piracy is defined as illegally copying software for distribution within the organization, or to friends, clubs and other groups, or for duplication and resale (PC Mag, n.d.). Software piracy is a worldwide issue. With the increase in the access to and the speed of the Internet the availability of pirated media continues to increase in availability. The most common of types of piracy follow: Softlifting: Borrowing and installing a copy of a software application from a colleague. Client-server overuse: Installing more copies of the software than you have licenses for. Hard-disk loading: Installing and selling unauthorized copies of software on refurbished or new computers. Counterfeiting: Duplicating and selling copyrighted programs. Online piracy: Typically involves downloading illegal software from a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, Internet auction, or blog. P2P networks seem to be the most common tool for acquiring unauthorized media; most online users are familiar with Torrent sites for downloading movies and TV. but one of the most famous and first P2P abuser of copyrighted material was Napster...
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...Therefore, Stop Online Piracy Act targets pirate bay, which are mostly used by individuals for illegal downloads. These pirate bays are mostly the overseas sites such as torrent hub that are frequently accessed by most individuals. Stop Online Piracy Act has various provisions (Crothers, 2012). Firstly, SOPA requires the courts to put up requests that are aimed at ensuring that both the online payment facilities and advertising networks refrain from using the infringing websites to conduct their business activities. Secondly, Stop Online Piracy Act requires the courts to have orders that ensure that internet service providers do not have access to the infringing websites. The final provision of Stop Online Piracy Act states that all search engines such as Google should not link to the infringing websites. Therefore, SOPA provisions are aimed at including piracy of copyrighted content in the criminal laws that will attract a maximum of five years imprisonment. Stop Online Piracy Act has been opposed and embraced by the Americans. Those who embrace the bill states that it will help in expanding the copyright laws since its goals aim at protecting the intellectual-property markets (Leake, 2012). Secondly, Stop Online Piracy Act will be useful in easing the problems that are associated with foreign- based websites whose business is to sell pirated music, software, and movies among other products. Finally, Stop Online Piracy...
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...I present to you is this, how can we bring both sides of this picture together with both sides being able to get what they want? To begin lets go back a few years to around 1998. I am sure most of you have heard of Napster. For those that didn’t think was a new file sharing program that was able to download copyright material digitally. The processed worked by taking small parts of the overall file from multiple sources and piecing them back together on your end as a whole file. This was a huge problem to the recording industry and as such saw their record sales fall. Instead of the recording industry trying to work with the leaders of Napster and other programs to come up with a solution, the recording industry along with some artist sued Napster for lost revenue. In the end Napster lost their court battle, but this was not the end of illegal downloading of copyrighted material. Since this time the recording, movie, software and pornographic industries have seen their profits continue to fall due to broadband internet becoming the norm. These industries have not changed their business model to adapt, but instead have increased the number of lawsuits against people that download content. In the research I have been able to locate...
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...would cross. Possibly the most affected medium of pop culture is the music industry. The growth and development of the internet is either their biggest gift or biggest curse. Modern technology has made wide-scale trading of music possible in the form of MP3 files available over the internet for free. Users can simply upload the files to these sharing sites and millions of others at any given time have the ability to download it from them. The Recording Industry Association of America, however, doesn’t share the enthusiasm about these file sharing practices. To them, it is stealing from the record company and from the artist themselves. Consumers don’t tend to see it that way. The issue that arises here is whether or not should music be accessible for free trade over the internet. On the one hand, it is thought that MP3 downloads reduce sales of legitimate CDs. On the other hand, it can be argued that downloading free MP3s could actually encourage someone to buy a CD which they may not have purchased had they not heard it in its entirety. This is known as the sampling effect. The focus of this research paper will be to paper analyze the impact of music file sharing on the demand, supply, and prosperity of the music industry. The music industry is presently in a state of alarm. Many believe this is attributable to the capability of the Internet to lower costs for authorized as well as unauthorized copies, with the second being significantly more ubiquitous. In this...
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...truly believe that whatever I do needs to be for the glory of God, following the verse from 1 Corinthians 10:31. The way I use computers, software, and information systems respects that way of life even though there are no specific verses in the bible referencing the way people should use technology. Doing all for the glory of God encompasses my actions and attitudes in their entirety. It is not only how I use them but also what I do through them. I will respect the software creator and programmers by paying for the software as opposed to illegally downloading it online; in the same way I will only use the program for good rather than a means of disgracing people or falsifying information. Computers and the systems that go on them are all incredibly useful for different operations in life and I believe we should not tarnish that helpfulness. Ethical situations involving computers and software arise frequently. High school and college students are continuously plagued with propaganda about illegalities of downloading music, movies, and software programs from online. It is a serious problem happening all around the world, depriving artists and stores from hard earned money. The right way to go about building a media library would not be to stock up on free downloads but to instead pay for the media, an outcome that does not resonate with the current generation. Software programs are also taken from online but cost a lot more money than a couple of stolen songs. These programs are...
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...Ethics in Information Technology Dustin Hughson Kaplan University Introduction Ethical theories date back to the times of Socrates and Aristotle, the problem with ethical and moral theories is that information technology was not even a possibility when first developed. Lines can be crossed and personal ambiguity can help people act bolder then he/she may normally want too. Ethical theories are being used more and more to help the professional and computing world handle the rapid change while government and legislation try to catch up. Law and guidelines have been made, but in the haste to create them many are poorly designed and implemented, hurting people that have seemed to do nothing wrong. Information technology is a global profession and increases the difficulty when dealing with different scenarios. Presented with the same scenario an IT professional in Japan may handle it completely different than another professional in the USA. Setting standards and ideals for all computing professionals is key to the continuing growth of information technology. Legal and Ethical Issues The computing professional faces legal and ethical issues in information technology every day. Many of the biggest issues that IT professionals face include the ever growing concern with piracy and ownership of information. Current laws and regulations allow software and intellectual property to be coved by both copyrights and patents. However the bigger concern is how software...
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...What is SOPA/PIPA? An Analysis of SOPA and its Influence on the Internet, Business and Consumer Engagement Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 International Approach…………………………………………...…………….8 MegaUpload Case Study…………………………………………...…………… Pros: SOPA…………………………………………...……………………………… Cons: SOPA…………………………………………...……………………………… Ethical Considerations……………………………………………...…………… Conclusion…………………………………………...………………………………. 1 Introduction The mid 1990s were the genesis of the Internet as know and use it today. It’s immersion into every day culture and commerce, revolutionized the way we communicate and acquire information. Today, the Internet is a worldwide platform in which discussion forums, blogs and social networks dictate much of the culture of today’s society. The communication infrastructure of the Internet is one of the fastest growing in history. It’s big boom came in the late 1990s when it is estimated that traffic grew by “100 percent per year, while the mean annual growth in the number of Internet users was thought to be between 20% and 50%.”1 Experts agree that this extraordinary growth is mainly attributed to the lack of a watchdog in a virtually free space that lives in an intangible world, as is the case with the set of communication protocols that we call the Internet. The deficiency of a central administration allows the network to grow free and organically...
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... Now Wal-Mart is trying to lower costs further by changing its methods for scheduling the work shifts of its employees. In early 2007, Wal-Mart revealed that is was adopting a computerized scheduling system, a move that has been roundly criticized by workers’ rights advocates for the impact it may have on employees’ lives. Traditionally, scheduling employee shifts at big box stores such as Wal-Mart was the domain of store managers who arranged schedules manually. They based their decisions in part on current store promotions as well as on weekly sales data from the previous year. Typically, the process required a full day of effort for a store manager. Multiply that labor intensity by the number of stores in a chain and you have an expensive task with results that are marginally beneficial to the company. By using a computerized scheduling system, such as the system from Kronos that Wal-Mart adopted, a retail enterprise can produce work schedules for every store in its chain in a matter of hours. Meanwhile, store managers can devote their time to running their individual stores more efficiently. The Kronos scheduling system tracks individual store sales, transactions, units sold, and customer traffic. The system logs these metrics over 15-minute increments for seven weeks at a time, and...
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...and cyber-bulling. Unfortunately, such exposure may lead not only to mental, but also physical pain, resulting in suicidal or bullied teenagers, silly prank makers and sexual criminal charges of a promising Texas college student. In my opinion, people should get educated on how to use a computer and protect themselves online. Just like it is not a common practice to leave an unlocked car parked on a busy street with a ”key inside” note on a window, it shouldn’t be that easy to record personal information online for everyone to see, share, misuse or judge. Computers are just tools and what we do with them depends on us, the users. Like all the tools, it can fix or destroy, if not used properly. We all should take time to read and learn from user manuals. 2. Thou shall not interfere with other people's computer work. Computer viruses are small programs designed to disturb peoples’ work and destroy their files. Generating, using and...
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...topics in this chapter are organized to follow the transaction processing flow, beginning with the consumer and ending with the Web server (or servers) at the electronic commerce site. Each logical link in the process includes assets that must be protected to ensure security: client computers, the communication channel on which the messages travel, and the Web servers, including any other computers connected to the Web servers. Chapter Objectives In this chapter, you will learn about: • • • • • Online security issues Security for client computers Security for the communication channels between computers Security for server computers Organizations that promote computer, network, and Internet security Instructor Notes Online Security Issues Overview Computer security is the protection of assets from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. There are two general types of security: physical and logical. Physical security includes tangible protection devices, such as alarms, guards, fireproof doors, security fences, safes or vaults, and bombproof buildings. Protection of assets using nonphysical means is called logical security. Any act or object that poses a danger to computer assets is known as a threat. Managing Risk Countermeasure is the general name for a procedure, either physical or logical, that recognizes,...
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...GBUS-180 Case Synopsis Candidate Name: Harshit Bhalla Session: Spring 2015 Subject: GBUS-180 Due: 4/30/15 Professor: D. Flynn Candidate Name: Harshit Bhalla Session: Spring 2015 Subject: GBUS-180 Due: 4/30/15 Professor: D. Flynn 1. Historical Analysis: - A. Business In: * Overview: * Apple Inc. “is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electron1ics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Its online services include iCloud, iTunes Store, and App Store. Apple's consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites.” * Apple generates revenue through many mediums. Consumer electronics is by far generating most of its revenue. Of course, it’s worth mentioning that with just one of its products, the IPhone, generating 50% of its revenue. It also generates revenue through its Apple Mac Sales, IPad, and IPod, IPod accessories, ITunes and App store and of course it’s AppleCare services. We will focus mainly on the specific consumer electronics mentioned below when describing its financial, competitive, and environmental areas. * Products & Services: ...
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...The World of Cybercrimes Cybercrimes are one of the most dangerous threats to our Nation. There are no boundaries when it comes to cybercrimes. A cybercrime is one of the fastest growing crime types of the century and includes criminal activity involving computers and the internet. Hacking a computer is not the only thing considered a cybercrime. Downloading movies and music illegally is also a cybercrime. Once thought as something that only the military or other government officials had to worry about, it is now on the rise since everyone has a computer and it is easy to find out how to hack into computer systems. With the rise of internet usage among businesses and private users, the risk of being a victim of cybercrime is huge. The Security Tracking Study performed by the Pomemon Institute states that 83 percent of multinational companies feel that within the past 12 months they have been a target of a cybercrime. Price Water House Coopers states that the number of businesses having a security breach is more along the lines of 92 percent. Cybercrimes are attacks on computer hardware and software, downloading illegal movies and music, online fraud involving financial crimes and corruption with an organization, crimes against children and the elderly, cyber bullying and fraudulent telemarketing events for charitable donations. What was once something only “hackers” did is now something anyone can do. The term hacker was originally described as “any technical effort...
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