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Chapter 16
INTRODUCTION
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Any piece of information is produced or created with a lot of efforts and it consumes
a lot of time. Though once produced, it becomes very easy to duplicate or share
with others.
The Owner has right to protect his/her original work . Intellectual Property Rights
(IPR) are the rights of the owner of information to decide:
A distinctive/ catchy phrase, Original creative works are New and useful Inventions or
slogans, logos etc. are protected protected, And the author has the improvements on existing
for as long as the mark is used in right to control distribution, inventions are protected for a span
business. This gives the right to replication and displays of of 20 years. The inventor has the
prevent others from using same copyrighted works, for a span of right to prevent others from
and/or very similar marks, which the author’s life and 60 years, in making, selling, or importing a
could cause defamation. India. patented invention.
VIOLATION OF IPR/ IPR INFRINGEMENT
1. Plagiarism
2. Copyright Infringement
3. Trademark Infringement
PLAGIARISM
It is stealing someone else’s intellectual work and representing it as your
own work with mentioning the source of information.
For examples:
This means other developers get hold of your software’s source code, replicate
it and sell it as their own.
DIGITAL ASSET PROTECTION
Anti-Tamper Solutions: These ensure your assets are tamper proof.
They prevent Hackers from manipulating and accessing user assets.
Free Software: This is freely accessible and no payments are needed. Can be
changed, improved and distributed by all.
Open Source Software: These are also freely accessible, but may not be free of
charge. The Developers may receive payments for support and further
development. The source code is freely available to the customer.
LICENSES
Creative Commons Licences (CC licence):
If others want to use the creators work; in a way that is not allowed in the
cc licence, they must only ask for creators permission
Public-Domain software:
Proprietary Software
This is neither free nor available for public. There is a licence attached
to it, A user has to buy this licence in order to use it.
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
ICTs are general purpose technologies i.e. technology whose value and impact
a ects economic and social development.
Economic Impact: include the globalizations of production in goods and services,
change in international trade & distribution network, change in pattern of
consumption, Virtualization of some products and behaviours, importance in
world and national economics.
Social Impact: include mass market access to people with range of information
resources, enhanced freedom of expression and association, new patterns of
work, changes in relationships between government, citizens and state and
challenges to traditional ideas of privacy.
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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ICT
• Create jobs
• Removal of toxic waste
• Protect public health and water quality
• Recovery of valuable metals
• Saves land ill space
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GENDER ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
• Under Representation
• Preconceived Notions
• Lack of interest
• Lack of motivation
• Lack of role model
• Not Women friendly work culture
• Lack of encouragement in class
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR GENDER ISSUES
4. Cognitive impairment(speci ic
learning de icits)
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POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR DISABILITY ISSUES
For hearing impaired students, a teacher who is able to converse in sign language. A
teacher should be well trained with the software/hardware used for disable students.
Curriculum should be design with adequate alternatives for special need students. For
example of ice based software can easily be implemented.
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