ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

                 





- refers to creations of mind, original creative works from creator
e.g: software, applications, systems, etc              

➤COPYRIGHTS

• exclusive right given to the owner of copyright for a specific period
• permission must be obtained to use copyrighted material (and pay any required fee)  

➤TRADEMARKS

• used as a marketing tool to enable customers in recognizing the product of a particular trader
• includes words, logos, pictures, names, letters, numbers or a combination of these

➤PATENTS

• exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new  way of doing something
• offers a new technical solution to a problem

CYBER LAWS IN MALAYSIA

Since 1997, some of the cyber laws that have been passed by our Parliament include:

1. the Digital Signature Act 1997,

2. the Computer Crimes Act 1997,

3.  the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997, (also read Copyright Act 1987)

4. the Telemedicine Act 1997,

5. the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,

6. the Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998, and

7. the Electronic Commerce Act 2006.

http://malaysiancyberwarriors.blogspot.my/2013/03/introduction-of-cyber-law-acts-in.html

SOFTWARE PIRACY AND DIGITAL COUNTERFEITING 

• Creating duplicates of software/digital items and then selling/using them as authentic items