Quiz 2 - Review

Identity Theft and Fraud Identity theft and fraud are: – Characterized by criminal use of the victim's personal information such as a social security number, to assume the victim's identity. Identity thieves use the stolen personal information to: – Create fake identifications – Obtain credit cards or access other resources and benefits.

Financial Theft or Fraud Thieves and embezzlers can use computers to: – Steal money from individuals or businesses. A thief can gain online access to an individual's bank account using: – A victim's stolen password, – PIN, or – Personal information.

Digital Piracy The internet is often called – The "information superhighway" because it allows people to find, share, and distribute information quickly and easily using computers. Not all that information is ethical or legal. Piracy is considered as: – Distributing and accessing illegal copies of: Copyright-protected digital books, Movies, Music, Artwork, Software, and Other content.

Freeware "Freeware" generally means the software is available at no charge. Typically, freeware programs are small utilities or incomplete programs that authors release for their potential benefit to others, but without support. Skype, Yahoo Messenger, Adobe Reader,

Shareware "Shareware" is software in which the copyright is retained by the author, who intends to charge some (usually modest) amount for it, but users are allowed to try the software to see if it meets their needs before paying for it. Shareware software is distributed at low (or sometimes no) cost, but usually requires payment and registration for full legal use. Copies are distributed on a trial basis (e.g. Microsoft Office) Shareware is not free software, since authors of shareware programs expect payment from those who intend to use the programs regularly. The authors of shareware programs also retain their copyright on the contents, and you may not modify such programs or distribute modified copies. Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Norton Antivirus

Public Domain Public domain software is free is available at no cost Public domain software is not copyrighted. It is released without any conditions upon its use, and may be used without restriction. This type of software generally has the lowest level of support available Free books, Free Movies Online

What is Copyright? Copyright is the law of the United States that protects the works of authors, artist, composers, and others from being used without permission.

Don’t the public have a right to use music and art? Yes, in fact the copyright law tries to balance the rights of artist and others with the rights of the public. Fair use protects the rights of the public to use limited use of copyrighted materials.

What is fair use? Fair use allows you to use a limited amount of copyrighted material for your educational use. Think about the material you want to use in your report.

Does it matter how much of a song or video I use? Yes. Amount refers to use of a portion of a work. For motion media, you can use 10% or up to 3 minutes. For text material, you can use 10% or up to 1000 words. For music, lyrics and so forth you can use up to 10% but no more than 30 seconds of an individual's work.

Can I use a text from a site if it doesn’t have the word copyright or the copyright symbol © on the page? Just because a page doesn’t have the word or copyright ©, doesn’t mean it isn’t copyrighted. In fact, almost everything on the web is copyrighted.

What about attribution? You should always give credit or attribution to the person who created the work such as a photograph, sound recording, motion picture, or document.

I want to use a cool sound recording from a website, but I can’t find anything about copyright. What should I do? The best policy is to write for permission to use the file. Find the contact person and compose an message. Put “Permission to Use” in the subject line. Most of the time you will receive a reply to your request. Do not assume that “no response” means it is okay to use it.