5.5 Legal & Ethical Concerns

Introduction

As the landscape of intellectual property and technology continues to grow and evolve, it’s becoming increasingly fundamentally important to understand digital licensing, fair usage, and access for both legal and generally ethical reasons.

In this Team Teach, we’ll explore those principles and their significance in relation to technological innovation and creativity.

Intellectual Property (IP)

Creative Commons

Examples:

Popcorn Hack #1

What is the primary purpose of Copyright law, and how does it protect Intellectual Property? Provide a brief explanation of the key rights granted to creators under Copyright.

Open Source

Other examples:

Open Access

It’s important to remember that you should always cite sources and give credit where it belongs.

Popcorn Hack #2

What are the main advantages of Open Source software? How does it foster collaboration in the development community?

Homework Hack

Google Form (Quiz)

Don’t forget to document what you learned through utterances on this file on your blog.