LEGAL, ETHICAL,

AND SOCIETAL
ISSUES IN MEDIA
AND INFORMATION

by John Reeven C. Abutin

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
a. Copy Right f. Addiction
b. Fair Use g. Bullying
c. Plagiarism h. Virtual Self
d. Netiquette I. Others
e. Digital Divide
 OBJECTIVES

• Identify the importance of legal, ethical, and

societal issues in media and information
• Develop a clear understanding of the
consequences, advantages, and disadvantages
 A.
COPYRI
Copy Right is a legal word used

GHT
to express the ownership rights
that authors and artists have to
their creative works.
 IMPORTANCE
OF COPYRIGHT
Allowing the author, professor, or researcher who created
the work to prevent its unauthorized or uncredited use,
helps to preserve value of their work.
 EXAMPLES OF
COPYRIGHT

poems/novels computer software

song lyrics
 HOW TO
•
AVOID
Receive a Permission

COPYRIGHT
• Use Images from the Public Domain
• Give Credit
• review ownership rights on Social Media Pages
• Consider buying Consent
WHAT CAN WE
COPY?
• Whose Copyright has expired
• Your copying is permitted by fair use
• The copyright holder has given you
permission to copy the work
 COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMEN
T
Copyright infringement is the use or
production of copyright-protected material
without the permission of the copyright
holder.
REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 8293
Copying original and intellectual creations is considered
copyright infringement and is punishable under R.A.
8293, otherwise known as the Intellectual Property Code
of the Philippines (“IP C”).
 B. FAIR
USE
Allows users to reuse copyright-protected materials
without permission.
The purpose is to balance the right way of using the
work of others.
EXAMPLES OF
FAIR USE
Criticism News Reporting
Commentary
EXAMPLES OF
FAIR USE

Parody Teaching
ADVANTAGE AND
DISADVANTAGES
OF FAIR USE
ADVAN DISADV
TAGE
Without their ANTAGE
• People will be greedy

approval, you can S

getting the work of
others.
still obtain the • People will be dependent
owner’s work and on the work of others.
• People will make a profit
leave a citation.
from it.
 C.
PLAGIA
The practice of taking someone else’s
RISM
work or ideas and passing them off as
one’s own.
 7 TYPES OF
PLAGIARISM
• COMPLETE
PLAGIARISM
the most severe form of plagiarism where a researcher takes a
manuscript or study that someone else created, and submits it
under his or her name. It is equivalent to intellectual theft and
stealing.

e.g. Paying somebody to write a paper for you, then handing that
paper in with your name on it.
 THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING ATTENTIVELY,
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TECHNICAL
ARCHITECTUR
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