4.2.5 Practice - Exploring Internet Law and Ethics (Practice)

This document discusses ethical issues related to using online resources and intellectual property. It provides scenarios about copyright infringement and plagiarism, and asks students to analyze the scenarios and identify unethical or illegal actions. The document also instructs students to create an informational slide on a research topic using properly cited internet sources and images.

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4.2.

5 Practice:
Exploring Internet
Law and Ethics Practice
Introduction to Name:
Business and
Technology Sem 2 Date:

Reflect (5 points)

Answer the questions about ethical issues.

1. What's one example of an action could you take on the Internet that would be
unethical but still legal? (1 point)

2. What's one example of an action could you take on the Internet that would be both
unethical and illegal? (1 point)

3. What kinds of ideas are not patentable according to the U.S. Patent Office? (1
point)
4. What is the difference between trademarks and copyrights? (1 point)

5. What is intellectual property? (1 point)

Analyze (10 points)

Analyze scenarios regarding the ethical use of online resources by reading each
scenario and answering the following questions.

1. Jaina is a big fan of a popular comic book series, and is so inspired that she
decides to write her own story. She starts her own web comic using the same
characters from her favorite comic, but with her original art and story writing. To
design the rest of her website, Jaina scans a few pictures from her copies of the
popular comic and recolors them slightly. Nowhere on the website does Jaina
mention the original comic book authors. Jaina believes that she is not plagiarizing
since she has created original work based simply based on pre-existing ideas.

a) What unethical or illegal actions has Jaina taken in creating her web comic? (3
points)
b) What kind of consequences might result from Jaina's actions? (2 points)

2. Reynold is writing a news story about the government handling a health epidemic.
He reads a report from a different news organization to use as a reference. His
deadline for the story is coming up soon, so Reynold heavily paraphrases parts from
the other organization's report to help him write. While Reynold's story also includes
some of the same quotes as the other report, he forgets to attribute the sources at
the end. Reynold says that since no one can copyright the facts of world news, he is
not plagiarizing.

a) What unethical or illegal actions has Reynold taken in writing his news article? (3
points)

b) What kind of consequences might result from Reynold's actions? (2 points)

Synthesize (25 points)

Create an informational slide using ethical Internet research and citation practices.

Choose a topic on anything you think would be interesting to research – for example,
a famous or historical person, a place, an animal, or a device or invention. You will
use the Internet to complete your research. With this research, you will create an
informational presentation slide that describes your topic. Your informational slide
should contain the following elements:

 An introductory image - it can be a direct picture of the person/place/thing, or a

photo that relates to it in some way. This photo must be free to use, meaning you
will have to check the copyright details for any photo you select. (10 points)

 A 200- to 300-word explanation of the topic. Use Internet sources to research the
topic, and then write an explanation in your own words based on what you have
learned. (10 points)

 Properly cited Internet sources for both the image and written section. (5 points)
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