Legal Issues in Applied Technology

By: E. Searight

Ethical Issues for Safety and Security

Social Networking

Acceptable Use Policies

Netiquette

Cyber Bullying

Internet Privacy

Social Networking

A broad class of websites and services that allow you to connect with others online as well as meet people with similar interests or hobbies.

Examples Facebook Myspace Twitter

Acceptable Use of Polices

This is a policy set up by the network administrator or other school leaders

that are set to agree with their technology needs and safety concerns

Netiquette

Refers to the online code of what is appropriate and in good taste for internet users Contraction of the words “net” (from internet) and “etiquette

Poor choices online can lead to bad consequences.

Cyber BullyingBullying which is carried out through a social networking site, but can also include through other technologies such as text messaging.

Different from regular bullying: more invasive, wider audience, can be done at anytime, anyplace.

One of the faster growing bullying trends among teens today.

Internet Privacy

Every move made online is being tracked.

Be aware of what private information you make available online

Protect passwords and do not leave confidential information up for others to see

Privacy Policy

A statement or a legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses and manages a customer or client's data

•Ensure confidentiality •Enhance security •Build trust and reputation

CopyRightGives creator right to reproduce, distribute, perform and display his/her work.

Copyright protection protects the creator from others stealing ideas as their own and taking money and association of what is rightfully theirs.

A teacher must make sure the materials they use in the classroom are not breaking copyright laws, they can do so by purchasing materials from the creator/publisher or using materials that are marked as “free” to use in the classroom under whatever rules the publisher claims.

Fair Use

Fair use is a doctrine in the United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the right holders.

Four factors to look at: • purpose• nature • amount• effect

Limitations to copyright are specified exemptions from liability • One major limitation is the doctrine of “fair use”

Factors to consider in analysis• purpose and character of your use• nature of the copyrighted work • amount and proportion of the whole work was taken• effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the

copyrighted work

Copyright protects the particular way authors express themselves

It does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in a work

Get permission to use the work

Fair Use con’t

References

Summaries of fair use cases. (n.d.). Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved from http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/cases/

US CODE: Title 17,107. Limitations on exclusive rights. (n.d.). Fair use. Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107

United States Copyright Office. (n.d.) Copyright basics. Circular 1. Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

United States Copyright Office. (2012). Fair Use. Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html