Property rights - how can traditional intellectual property rights be enforced when perfect copies of protected works are not on the internet?
Governance - should the internet and e-commerce be subject to public laws?
process for analyzing ethical dilemmas
1. Identify and describe the facts
2. Define the conflict or dilemma and identify the higher-order
3. Identify the stakeholders
4. Identify the options you can reasonably take
5. identify the potential consequences
6. Refer to well-established ethical principles
Privacy - the moral right of individuals to be left alone, free from surveillance, or interference from others
Information privacy - certain information should not be collected at all by governments or business firms
Due process - fair information practices doctrine
methods used to protect online privacy
1. legal protections (laws)
2. industry self-regulation via industry alliances (closed communication)
copyright law - protects original forms of expression such as writings, drawings, and computer programs from being copied for a minimum of 70 years.
Patent law - grants the owner of a patent an exclusive monopoly to the ideas behind an invention for 20 years
Trademark protections - protects the public in the marketplace by ensuring that it gets what it pays for and wants to receive. Also protects the owner who has spent time, money, and energy bringing the product to the market.
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