Netiquette, Internet Issues, and Trends

Netiquette Correct/appropriate behavior and conduct when sending messages and interacting online

Rules Do not allow other people to access your email account What’s your password?

Rules In email, the content of the subject line should be relevant to (and summarizes) the content of the message The subject line tells the receiver how important or urgent the message is. Keep your messages short and focused. Short messages have more impact, especially for busy people. Break your messages into paragraphs for easy reading.

Rules Check your grammar and spelling before sending a message Do not write your message in ALL CAPS Avoid using slang words Do not use rude language Do not flame To flame is to react to a message in a hostile manner by bombarding the person with nasty or insulting messages

Rules Use smileys or emoticons to convey emotion Read and respond to your email regularly Be considerate of the size and format of the file you are sending

Intellectual Property Rights

IPR Intellectual property rights can allow you to own things you create in a similar way to owning physical property. You can control the use of your IPR, and use it to gain reward. This encourages further innovation and creativity.

Types of IPR Copyright Copyright protects material, such as literature, art, music, sound recordings, films and broadcasts. Designs Designs protect the visual appearance or eye appeal of products. Patents (for inventions) Patents protect the technical and functional aspects of products and processes. Trademarks protects signs that can distinguish the goods and services of one trader from those of another.

Copyright A set of prerogatives on the author’s control over the public exploitation of their works and ensuring them remuneration to which they are entitled (RA 8293)

Types of Copyrightable Work Books, pamphlets, and other writings Periodicals and newspapers Lectures, sermons, addresses, dissertations prepared for oral delivery (whether or not it is reduced in writing or other material form) Letters

Types of Copyrightable Work Dramatic or dramatico-musical composition (TV or movie scripts), choreographic works or entertainment in shows Musical composition, with or without words Works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving, lithography, or other works of art, models or designs of art Original ornamental designs or models for articles of manufacture, whether or not registerable as industrial design, and other works of applied art

Types of Copyrightable Work Illustrations, maps, plans, sketches, charts, and 3D relative to geography, topography, architecture or science Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical nature Photographic and cinematographic works by a process analogous to photography, such as lantern slides

Types of Copyrightable Work Audio-visual and cinematographic works produced by a process analogous to cinematography or any process of AV recordings Pictorial illustrations and advertisements Computer programs Other literary, scholarly, scientific, and artistic works

Non-Copyrightable Works Public documents produced by the government Rules and regulations Speeches and addresses Lectures

Sec. 185: Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Allows us to use a work for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, including multiple copies for classroom use, scholarship, research, and similar purposes without infringing copyright Copying the entire work is not fair use Copying work to generate profit is not fair use

Sec. 185: Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Getting author’s permission is fair use Copying a work limited for educational purposes is fair use The internet is NOT public domain. Both copyrighted and non-copyrighted materials are available. Always assume a work is copyrighted.

Plagiarism The practice or act of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own

How to avoid plagiarism Never copy anything directly and pass it as your own; this includes copying from others Quote lines from your source by using quotation marks; give credit to the source be it print or online Paraphrase their words, be it print or online

Optical Media Board Randomly Visits Makati Businesses by Erwin Oliva Oliva, Erwin Philippine Daily Inquirer, “Optical Media Board Randomly Visits Makati Businesses”. 12 Nov. 2007 “Dubbed as an “educational outreach program”, OMB said that the random visits would also serve as a “fair warning” to local businesses that are still using unlicensed software.” “This educational outreach aims to get business owners guilty of copyright infringement to legalize any unlicensed software they have.” “Software piracy is punishable under the IP Code of the Philippines. Those found guilty could face up to 9 years imprisonment and a fine of up to P1.5 million.”

Scenario 1 Mrs. Chua’s daughter was hospitalized due to dengue. After a what happened, the homeowner’s association asked her help in promoting awareness. She was assigned to create a brochure about the causes of dengue and how it can prevented. She surfed the site of the Department of Health and found the information she needed. She copied them and pasted in her project. The brochures were then distributed in the community. Is she violating any copyright law?

Has she violated any copyright law? No. Mrs. Chua can use the information in her brochure since government documents are non-copyrightable works.

Scenario 2 As a final project in Computer, the boys were expected to come up with a personal webpage. Jason, being a video game enthusiast, decided to focus on video games. He particularly like Command and Conquer and intended to amaze his classmates by putting screen shots of the game on his site. But he didn’t know where to get pictures. So he opened his browser, and search pictures of the game using Google Image Search. He grabbed five screen shots and posted them at his site. From what you have learned about copyright law, would Jason’s use of the images be acceptable?

Has he violated any copyright law? Yes. Works in the Internet are both copyrightable and non-copyrightable. We should always assume that these are copyrighted. Even if Jason is using them as a school project, putting it on a personal webpage would mean claiming the rights to the images.

Internet Trends What’s hot and what’s not on the internet

Blogs A contraction of “web logs” They are websites or a part of a website usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order Provide commentary or news on a particular subject Online diary Examples: Blogger / blogspot Livejournal Multiply Tumblr Wordpress

Microblogs A form of blogging but is different in that it is smaller in actual and aggregate file size Limited to 140 characters per entry Examples: Plurk Tumblr Twitter

Social Networks Websites that attempt to establish or re-establish relationships between individuals or groups via the internet and form an internet community Examples: Facebook Multiply Ning