Shelby County Technology Scope and Sequence 6-8 #8:

AUP

Computer Fraud

Copyright Violations

Penalties

Nancy LawColumbiana Middle School

AUP

STUDENTS’ ACCEPTABLE USE PRACTICES FOR THE

USE OF TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY =

Computers

Hardware

Network devices

Software

Peripherals

Accessories

To Summarize AUP: STUDENTS:

Will not use technology to violate any laws.

Will set passwords, i.e. AR, Star, Novell login

Will not harm computers

STUDENTS:

Will not violate copyright laws.

Will close out of programs and log off the computer.

Will not use computers for non-instructional purposes.

Possible Penalties:

Lose computer privileges

Payment of money for damage

Alternative school

Shelby Co. Bd. Of Ed. Student Code of Conduct and Attendance

COPYRIGHT:

What is Copyright?

The copyright law says the person who created the program owns it and is the only one who can give permission to distribute it.

TERMS

INFRINGER – A person or company who copies copyrighted material without permission or authorization.

INFRINGEMENT – the act of violating a copyright by copying or distributing a copyrighted work without permission or authorization.

Intellectual Property

The physical expression of ideas contained in books, music, plays, movies and computer software.

You “steal” intellectual property and violate copyright law when you do the following:

Let a friend copy a new game you just bought

Load the same program on more computers that you have licenses for.

Follow the “One Disk, One Computer” rule

Download Musical CDs

Copy information someone has written and using it as your own.

Download images or music without getting written permission from owner

PUNISHMENT/PENALTIES FOR COPYRIGHT VIOLATORS

CIVIL PUNISHMENT – Copyright holder can sue for money

CRIMINAL – Violator can be sent to jail or fined by the government

COMPUTER FRAUD

HACKER =

A person who goes into someone’s personal files to

change records,

steal information,

destroy files, and/or

look around.

WAYS HACKERS INJURE OTHER COMPUTER USERS

1. People have to spend time and money to restore their files and make them secure again.

2. Violate a person’s privacy by looking in their files even if information is not changed.

HACKERS

3. Steal telephone and computer time and share access codes and passwords.

4. “Dumpster diving” going through office or technical info to get confidential information.

Similar to someone looking through your trash.

HACKERS

5. Crash systems, which cause them to malfunction and not work.

Think about ways we use computer systems and what could happen if they didn’t work.

SOFTWARE PIRACY

Illegal copying of programs

Large scale duplication and distribution

Fines, jail sentences for companies

Sharing a program with a friend

VIRUSES

How do viruses spread?

What damage do they cause?

Punishment?

HOW DOES A VIRUS SPREAD?

Spreads extremely quickly by making copies of itself and infecting files or disks

HOW DOES A VIRUS SPREAD?

Spreads extremely quickly by making copies of itself and infecting files or disks.

HOW DOES A VIRUS SPREAD?

Spreads extremely quickly by making copies of itself and infecting files or disks

HOW DOES A VIRUS SPREAD?

Spreads extremely quickly by making copies of itself and infecting files or disks

VIRUSES

Spread through e-mail attachments.

Never open emails if there is no name.

VIRUSES

Spread by downloading infected programs from the Internet.

(Students are not allowed to download programs on school computers.)

VIRUSES

Spread by sharing infected files or disks.

(Students are not allowed to bring programs from home to load on school computers.)

DAMAGE

WIPE OUT ENTIRE PROGRAMS

CAUSE COMPUTERS TO RUN VERY SLOWLY

BUSINESSES PAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR TO FIGHT VIRUSES/WORMS

PUNISHMENT

Fines

Jail Time

WAYS TO FIGHT COMPUTER CRIME

1. Education

Understand how technology can be used to hurt as well as help people.

How would you feel if you were the victim of a computer hacker.

2. Practice Safe Computing

Don’t share your log-in or password with anyone.

Computer hackers are not cool; they are criminals.

3. Acceptable Use Policy

Students and faculty will follow the AUP which they sign at the beginning of each year.

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