Digital Law

SECTION ONE:

-Yes, the research paper I just wrote for my teacher is copyrighted because it's my own work.

-Taking stuff from the internet and putting it in your own words is not considered theft to me. Theft is when you completely take someone's idea and make it like it was your own. Example, copying and pasting.

SECTION TWO:

-I think downloading is very serious but not always illegal. For example, if you go to a photographer's website, they may have an album called "Free Non High Res Images". There will most likely be a button to download it straight to the computer. If it's a trusted website then it is ok. Another example is music. Music should be purchased. If the websites says "Free Music" then it's definitely a scam.

-I have downloaded tens and hundreds of songs and yes it was wrong and it was stealing. If you download song that you purchased then it's ok and legal. If you got it free off a website then it's illegal.

-I think people are motivated to make computer viruses because they find it funny to mess with other people and they have nothing better to do in their lives. Sometimes, I also think that people from virus protection companies are the ones who make viruses so that people come to them for help and then they make money.

-You're most susceptible to phishing when you are making an account on something and typing in personal information. Yes, this has happened to me and I lost everything on my computer.

SECTION THREE:

-The people who suffer with online piracy are the owners of the original material because it's their's and they have to rights to it.

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