Just as parents try to teach their children to follow rules, use their manners and be kind, all in an effort to help them become a productive part of society, educators need to teach digital rights and responsibility to help students become good digital citizens.
Digital rights and responsibilities refer to the rules that govern the use of technology at home and in school. These rules give us freedom to use technology for many purposes, but also come with guidelines for copyright, privacy and safety. We have a responsibility to respect the rights of other technology users by crediting their work (plagiarism) and to use technology in ways that are not harmful or hurtful (cyber-bullying). Identity theft, piracy and illegal file sharing also infringe on the rights of other technology users and are against the law.
Students today enter school with an exorbitant amount of technical skills and much knowledge about technology use. Many of them do not know they have certain rights and along with those rights come responsibility. These users should be taught when they enter school, the policies for acceptable use of technology and the consequences for misuse, in and out of school. Located on this page you will find important information that can be used to help technology users as they embark on technology at home and school.
Digital rights and responsibilities refer to the rules that govern the use of technology at home and in school. These rules give us freedom to use technology for many purposes, but also come with guidelines for copyright, privacy and safety. We have a responsibility to respect the rights of other technology users by crediting their work (plagiarism) and to use technology in ways that are not harmful or hurtful (cyber-bullying). Identity theft, piracy and illegal file sharing also infringe on the rights of other technology users and are against the law.
Students today enter school with an exorbitant amount of technical skills and much knowledge about technology use. Many of them do not know they have certain rights and along with those rights come responsibility. These users should be taught when they enter school, the policies for acceptable use of technology and the consequences for misuse, in and out of school. Located on this page you will find important information that can be used to help technology users as they embark on technology at home and school.
CYBER-BULLYING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
DIGITAL LAW
Digital law refers to overseeing and enforcing crimes such as identify theft, stealing others digital work, causing damage through computer hacking or sending viruses. These digital crimes are punishable by law.
Digital law refers to overseeing and enforcing crimes such as identify theft, stealing others digital work, causing damage through computer hacking or sending viruses. These digital crimes are punishable by law.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigates cyber crimes such as, identity theft, fraud, computer intrusions and online predators. These crimes are punishable by law. Identity theft is stealing someones identity, by creating false documents, credit cards and things of the like. Many online crimes involve fraudulent scams. Telemarketing, healthcare and bank fraud are among the most common. Computer intrusions involve spreading worms, bots, viruses, spyware and hacking, all of which intrude and invade technology devices and possibly causes damage to the users system and/or steals private information. Online predators are those users who seeks to deceive other technology users. This deception generally involes, sex crimes, stalking, violence, rape and possibly murder.
PIRATING SOFTWARE
Pirating software is the unauthorized copying of software. For example if you purchase software you can not copy the software and give it to your friends or associates. This could lead to civil lawsuits or criminal prosecution. We are responsible for making sure students understand that if they pirate software they are putting themselves at risk for criminal lawsuits.
Pirating software is the unauthorized copying of software. For example if you purchase software you can not copy the software and give it to your friends or associates. This could lead to civil lawsuits or criminal prosecution. We are responsible for making sure students understand that if they pirate software they are putting themselves at risk for criminal lawsuits.
IS FILE SHARING ILLEGAL?
File sharing is the practice of sharing or spreading digitally stored information such as computer programs, media files and documents. This sharing can include electronic books, video, audio and pictures. It is legal, only if it is not copy written by its owner.
File sharing is the practice of sharing or spreading digitally stored information such as computer programs, media files and documents. This sharing can include electronic books, video, audio and pictures. It is legal, only if it is not copy written by its owner.
Digital Image Laws
If images are bound by copyrights there are legal consequences for misuse. In many cases you can use an image under the fair use law. This fair use law generally pertains to use that does not include selling. Some of the uses this law applies to include teaching, criticism, review, news, parody and satire (Fulks, 2013).
These celebrities sued for use of their images for advertising.
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