Intellectual Property Rights in Computer Education: Legal, Societal, and Ethical Issues

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has raised new ethical concerns about the protection of personal privacy, protection of intellectual property, user responsibility, acceptable access and use of information, software licenses and piracy. A good ICT policy must be able to adequately consider these, and many other associated issues. This chapter therefore describes these ethical issues and how to deal with them as an individual or an organization. It provides information on the concept of ethics and the technological advancements responsible for the ethical concern. It discusses privacy, information rights, and intellectual property rights and ethics policy. The Nigerian national intellectual property right laws were examined in line with World Trade Organization/Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO/TRIP) compliance.

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Ethics and Social Issues Related to Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Advances in IT Standards and Standardization Research - Frameworks for ICT Policy ◽

10.4018/978-1-61692-012-8.ch009 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 135-147

Author(s):

Nelson Edewor

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Social Issues ◽

Information Communication Technology ◽

Intellectual Property Right ◽

Information Communication ◽

Personal Privacy

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has raised new ethical concerns about the protection of personal privacy, protection of intellectual property, user responsibility, acceptable access and use of information, software licenses and piracy. A good ICT policy must be able to adequately consider these, and many other associated issues. This chapter therefore describes these ethical issues and how to deal with them as an individual or an organization. It provides information on the concept of ethics and the technological advancements responsible for the ethical concern. It discusses privacy, information rights, and intellectual property rights and ethics policy. The Nigerian national intellectual property right laws were examined in line with World Trade Organization/Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO/TRIP) compliance.

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Intellectual Property Rights Systems and the Assemblage of Local Knowledge Systems

International Journal of Cultural Property ◽

10.1017/s0940739108080144 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 201-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Saskia Vermeylen ◽

George Martin ◽

Roland Clift

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Third Space ◽

Unresolved Conflict ◽

Indigenous Society

The mounting loss of the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples presents environmental as well as ethical issues. Fundamental among these is the sustainability of indigenous societies and their ecosystems. Although the commercial expropriation of traditional knowledge grows, rooted in a global, corporate application of intellectual property rights (IPRs), the survival of indigenous societies becomes more problematic. One reason for this is an unresolved conflict between two perspectives. In the modernist view, traditional knowledge is a tool to use (or discard) for the development of indigenous society, and therefore it must be subordinated to Western science. Alternatively, in the postmodernist view, it is harmonious with nature, providing a new paradigm for human ecology, and must be preserved intact. We argue that this encumbering polarization can be allayed by shifting from a dualism of traditional and scientific knowledge to an assemblage of local knowledge, which is constituted by the interaction of both in a third space. We argue that IPR can be reconfigured to become the framework for creating such a third space.

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Standardization

International Journal of Standardization Research ◽

10.4018/ijsr.2018010104 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 52-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Henk de Vries ◽

Kai Jakobs ◽

Tineke M. Egyedi ◽

Manabu Eto ◽

Stephan Fertig ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Legal Issues ◽

Corporate Management ◽

Research Topics ◽

Basic Understanding ◽

Subjective Views ◽

Potential Impact

Standardization research is a fairly new and is a still-evolving field of research, with possibly major practical ramifications. This article presents a summary of the authors' subjective views of the most pressing research topics in the field. These include, among others, standards (e.g. incorporation of ethical issues), the potential impact of standards, the corporate management of standardization and legal issues like Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In addition, gaps have been identified with a respect to a basic understanding of standardization, suggesting a need for better education in the field.

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