Todays lecture was on social and ethical issues. Its about how to protect yourself and your PC when on the internet.
There are so many risks when surfing the net. who is watching you?
Things during the lecture which were spoken about were:
- risk of identity theft
- what the problems are (why is happens)
- people steal others works.
- academic misconduct
- privacy on the net
- security
- protecting yourself
- beware of attachments
- dont give out any PERSONAL information
Then the lecture was ended with a pop quiz.
we were asked to go to this site:
http://www.copyright.org.au/information
then we were top pick 5 different fact sheets, then we read through them.
my first one i picked was:
music, and performing arts- legal protection
this information sheet, talks about the protection and copy right issues.
its hard because when studying, a lot of ideas are thrown around. and ideas cant be protected. but this sheet talks about protection outline for other things.
copying ideas does NOT breach copy right.
The second information sheet was on - moral rights in the music and performing sector.
These rights were intorduced in 2000. Moral rights can not be sold.
There are many exceptions and infringements of moral rights.
Only indivdual creators of the copy right can gain moral rights.
The types of material that is covered by moral rights, includes: Literary, artistic, musical, dramatic, computer, cinematic.
The third information sheet: is an information sheet on choreographers. The person who creates the work. owns copy right to it. They also have moral rights in relation to their work.
The forth information site is on performers rights, you must get a performers permission to film, performers have co rights to the filming of the production, they also have moral rights.
The final information sheet is on music bands and whqat rights they have: they have the rights for three different elements of the song- the lyrics, the music, and the recording. All performers have rights to the recording. In this sector of music bands it is dificult when it comes to rights, expecially if someone leaves the band. for example Axel rose (lead singer of guns and roses) this is a big example of when rights of a band and their music went horribly wrong.
An overall view on teh information sheets, is that it explains clearly what the rights for each sector are. This is a very helpful site, it contains all legal information that we, as uni students need to know. Here is a print screen of one of the information sheets:
Our next task was to look at this site:
http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/online_mobile/online_mobile.asp
Then we are to report on what we know/ learnt aboput music:
- downloading music is FREE, and this is why teenagers like to down load their music, well why not? why would we want to pay for soemthing we could get for free!
- If music is continuosly downloaded, then artists and song writers are not gettin paid for their work.
- playing music on a website, is proven to make the net more appealing. But there is lots of copy right issues that music players on the internet must be aware of. Music downloading is not going to stop, so why dont they try a different outlook.
a scrren shot of the site:
Our next task is to devise a security plan.using these three sites to refer to:
http://netsecurity.about.com/
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus6.htm http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2100282,00.asp
To secure your web, and your computer you must do the following:
-Beware of un known email adresses, and attachments. if you are unsure what the document is about, or if it is from a suss and unknown source, do NOT open it, scan it throuhg a viruses scanner first.
- Dont go searching the web onto sites that seem dodgy. on these sites, you ussually get pop up adds and games, these are jsut hovering viruses.
- Make sure you install you computer with the latest virus scanner. This will automatically scan your computer for viruses.
- When using a chat room or service such as msn, make sure you do not click on any links sent to you that dont make sense. check with theperson that is sending you the item. If they dont know what its about do not let your computer receive it, and also let them know, so they themselves can check their computer for viruses.
READINGS:
The first reading is about how to protect your online privacy.
http://www.eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy
it goes through 12 ways to keep your information private.
- do not give away personal information
-use cookie software
- keep an appropriate email address.
- dont go giving away personal information over the net
- you may be monitered at work, dont send emails that include personal and private information.
- beware of tricks on websites
- dont reply to emails that seem suss. aka spams
-be concious of the security on the web, or website
- make sure you have home computer security
-explore privacy policies
-use encryption
The next reading is on electronic monitoring.
http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/social/workplace/monitoring/
it goes through types of monitoring, which include: (these are the links)
Workplace Privacy and Employee Monitoring
CNN.com - Career - Monitoring employees: Eyes in the workplace
Blogging is all fun and games, until the boss finds out
Technological Surveilence in the Workplace
Keystroke Loggers Save E-mail Rants, Raising Workplace Privacy Concerns
it when through some privacy issues.
also defense for employees and employers
There are some suggested policies: (here are some of the links)
Blogging employees? Get a policy
Who to Monitor - Ask the Expert
CNN.com - Avoiding getting fired for Blogging
The next website we looked at was:
http://www.bpmlegal.com/overview.html
This site is about how we can protect our intellectual property
it tells us about some thigns that can happen:
- patents
- trade marks
-copy rights
- trade section protection comapny
- and computer software that can help protect your computer.
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