• Popcorn Hack 2
  • Homework

    • Essential Knowledge

    • IOC-1.F.1 Material created on a computer is the intellectual property of the creator or an organization.
    • IOC-1.F.2 Ease of access and distribution of digitized information raises intellectual property concerns regarding ownership, value, and use.
    • IOC-1.F.3 Measures should be taken to safeguard intellectual property.
    • IOC-1.F.4 The use of material created by someone else without permission and presented as one’s own is plagiarism and may have legal consequences.
    • IOC-1.F.6 The use of material created by someone other than you should always be cited.
    • IOC-1.F.7 Creative Commons, open source, and open access have enabled broad access to digital information.
    • IOC-1.F.8 As with any technology or medium, using computing to harm individuals or groups of people raises legal and ethical concerns.
    • IOC-1.F.9 Computing can play a role in social and political issues, which in turn often raises legal and ethical concerns.

    What is intellectual property?

    Intellectual property is a work or invention that is the result of creativity, to which one has rights over.

    In the modernized world today, intellectual property can be shared more easily now through the Internet. This raises concerns about who owns something that was created digitally.

    Copyright protects your IP and keeps anyone else from using it, unless they have permission. Anything you create like a picture u took or a digital drawing, you automatically own an “All rights reserved” copyright. If we pretend that material is our own then it becomes plagiarism

    There are ways to create material for others to use:

    Creative Commons

    • Provides free licenses that you can use to tell others how you want them to use your creation
    • Examples: If you draw a picture and you want other people to use and distribute it without asking for permission. If you have a song that you want to freely share
    • It clearly outlines whether certain people can use it for creative commons, whether it’s commercial or for another reason

    Open Source

    • Are open for anyone to use and the IP can modified in whatever ways people want, thus encouraging open collaboration
    • Refers exclusively to software

    Open Access

    • Online research output free of any restrictions (like copyright or licesnse restrictions) and free of use so people can use this however they wish
    • Example: Open access databases with journals and research papers for others to reference and use

    Popcorn Hack 1

    • Give an example of an open source software and explain why it is an open source.
      An example of open source software is Linux. It’s open source because its source code is freely available, promoting collaboration, customization, and continuous improvement by a community of developers.

    Legal/Ethical Concerns

    No matter how you use something, it’s still important to cite information and give credit where it belongs. There is so information at our fingertips and though open source programs may be created with good intentions, people will sometimes use these open sources and modify them to harm individuals or groups.

    There are legal concerns regarding computing devices that collect and analyze data by monitoring individual activity. Digital media downloads can sometimes include viruses and harmful programs

    Digital Divide and Bias

    Some softwares may include algorithms with bias. The training data for the software might underrepresent certain groups or demographics. Lack of fairness in algorithmic decision-making can perpetuate societal inequalities.

    The digital divide is the unequal distribution of access to technology Although the Internet provides all these resources for us to use, certain groups of people do not have the technology readily available for them to use. These databases and online resources are only beneficial to those who have the opportunities and privileges to understand and access technology.

    Popcorn Hack 2

    • What is another legal or ethical concern regarding intellectual property in technology?
      Patent trolling is a concern in technology, involving the exploitation of patents for profit without contributing to innovation, creating legal challenges for genuine creators.

    Homework

    Complete these five free response questions and send them to Taj on slack by December 21, 11:59 pm. You will be graded on how much effort you put into your answer.

    1. What is the difference between open source and open access?
      Open source relates to accessible and modifiable software code, while open access pertains to unrestricted access to scholarly content.
    2. What is the importance of copyright?
      Copyright is vital for protecting creators, fostering innovation, and ensuring fair compensation for their work.
    3. What is a way people can harm individuals or groups through open source data?
      Exploiting vulnerabilities in open source data can lead to privacy breaches, identity theft, and misuse of personal information.
    4. What term describes the uequal distribution of access to technology?
      digital divide is another term that describes the uequl distribution to accesss for technology.
    5. How do you see intellectual property in 20 years (be creative)?
      In 20 years, intellectual property may shift to collaborative frameworks the use of Ai would increase which may casue many jobs to be shifted towards that of AI.