Proprietary Information

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Copyright infringement is using work, which is protected by copyright law, without permission of the rightful owner. Some legal consequences of breaking this law is a fine up to $250,000 and 5 years in prison if the person is caught again than their prison time can get up to 10 years. Some ways to get permission from the owner is first determine if permission is needed than identify the owner. After finding the owner identify the rights needed and plan ahead for permission. For example, writing them an email or if their phone number is available than give them a call. After contacting them negotiate if a payment is needed to use their work. After coming to an agreement have them write a permission agreement in writing. "Fair Use" is the use of copyrighted material that can be used under certain circumstances without the permission of the owner. One example of "fair use" in real life would be when a journalist uses a brief quote from one of the people they were interviewing. Another example would be if someone is criticizing or commenting on someones work or material, such as a book reviewer.

Confidentiality is keeping information private or secret. Some examples of this would be my passwords to social media account(s). Another example, is my password for my phone or gmail account. One other example, would be my social security number. Social media has a lot of impact on confidentiality on information. Snapchat asks for your birthday when you sign up so your friends will get a notification when your it's your birthday. Instagram along with Snapchat asks for your phone number. Censorship should be important to everyone because of the thought of having your information where it is not suppose to be can ruin your credit and other important things. Having filters on certain websites protect ones information from misuse. Censorship has to do with the 1st Amendment because having a filter would steer up debates about having the freedom of speech. This also relates to the 5th amendment, which is the right of privacy, because having censorship would have to be blocking a certain website or app maybe you have looked at before. Having privacy of what you look at might be more private at home because most homes don't have blocked websites on their wifi. On the other hand, school has blocked websites for the safety of our information.

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ACO 6.1: Analyze the use of copyright and proprietary information in arts and communication to facilitate responsible, legal and ethical behavior.

ACO 6.2: Examine ethical issues in arts and communications to make appropriate decisions related to clients, co-workers and society.