Copyright laws are important in today’s business world because it gives the owner right to copy, modify, sell, or show his/her products, …show more content…
Piracy in the computing world includes End-user abuse, Hard-disk loading, Software counterfeiting, and use of unlicensed fonts amongst others. By copying copyrighted resources, one avoids payment to the owner, avoids permission from the owner, and gives no recognition to the owner for the work.
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Intellectual property (IP) is “an asset with a prime value which derives from the product of human knowledge, discovery, invention or mental creativity” (New Penguin Business
Dictionary, 2003). IP basically includes most human effort expended in creating a product.
Industrial property and copyright together are called Intellectual property (IP); because they relate to creations of the mind such as inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs (World Intellectual Property Organization, n.d.). IP usually relates to creations without specific physical forms. For example, the design, operating system (OS), name and logo of iPad are elements of Intellectual Property, while the right of Apple to iPad is called …show more content…
The Professional Code of Ethics are developed for members in diverse areas. For example, in computer ethics (a branch of ethics specifically concerned with the use of computer resources), members are governed by a professional code of ethics in diverse areas of concern which include but not limited to unauthorized access, computer viruses, unethical behavior toward others on a computer network, and software piracy (Webster 's New World™ Computer Dictionary, 2003). Not only that, in software engineering, members are required by ethics to provide the highest standard for the individuals inside the group, and guide their activities in professional work.
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Some notable professional code of ethics includes the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, the IEEE Code of Ethics, Ten Commandments of computer ethics defined by the Computer Ethics Institute, Computer Society of India Code of Ethics etc.
A computer scientist as well as an entrepreneur should not use their know-how in the ways that could harm other persons or society in whole. Computer scientists for example,