In: Computer Science
Case Studies
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page including your name, student ID and question the answer is
for.
Note to Student
This unit of competency will require you to respond or perform a task based on the questions posed on short answers in Part 1 of these assessment, and also for you to read and understand the case studies below before you attempt to respond to the question or perform the task.
Case 1
As IT personnel, you were asked by your line manager to contribute
to the MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy
Statement.
You will find the copy of the statement below – this particular
statement is incomplete, please think of how the IT department can
protect its intellectual property and to meet its copyright
legislative obligation.
MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy
Statement_V2.0
Purpose:
The purpose of this policy statement is to communicate the MGIT
Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement regarding the
protection of all training and assessment documentation as well
Information Technology programs that MGIT staff and contractors had
developed on behalf of MGIT.
The policy also clearly instruct all MGIT course developers the
rules when using other author’s work in the development of their
training and assessment resources.
This policy also includes and describes how the developed and
implemented documentation and program will be managed, maintained,
access and stored.
Scope:
Staff
Student
Contractors
Protection of MGIT Intellectual Property:
All training and assessment documentation commission by MGIT is
considered as a property of MGIT. Once the documentation process
has commenced, staff involved in the documentation development will
do the following;
Will carefully save, store and version control the documentation as
per MGIT Document Version control Policy and Procedure.
Once the documentation is finalized, sign off by the approving
departmental manager will be required and the document will be
considered final and has the appropriate version control
The document will disseminated in a PDF format and ready for
use
Note: Staff and contractors
Copying and storing of MGIT documentation in personal USB or hard
drive is not permitted at all times.
Reviewing or updating documentation without the approval of
departmental managers is not permitted at all times. Necessary
permission must be sought before attempting any change or
review
Copyright Commitment:
MGIT course or Training and Assessment Developer must adhere to the
Copyright Act of 2006, in order to do so the Training and
Assessment Developer must do the following;
To adhere to the Copyright Act of 2006 provision when providing or
attaching copies of textbook, journals, etc. to be provided to
students or other clients
To provide accurate references by using Harvard Referencing
style
Information Technology Programs:
Any software programs developed on behalf Of MGIT is considered a
property of MGIT. All program specification, scoping and program
documentation must be carefully saved and stored. Access to staff
to the software programs will be pre-determined by IT and HR
Personnel.
Task Case Study 1:
As an IT personnel please review and investigate the MGIT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0 and
CONTRIBUTE BY WRITING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR COPYRIGHT IDEAS
HERE:
Expected Outcome:
Newly revised MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy
Statement with corresponding new version control number
Task 2 of Case Study 1
Briefly describe how you will distribute the new or revised policy
and procedures to the following stakeholders , you may do this by
writing the steps or in bullet points.
Q1) As an IT personnel please review and investigate the MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0 and CONTRIBUTE BY WRITING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR COPYRIGHT IDEAS HERE:
WEB RESOURCES WE CAN AND CANNOT USE:- As a general rule, a good way to determine whether a multimedia resource is copyright protected or in the public domain is to relate it as closely as possible to a print resource. If publications created by the U.S. government are in the public domain, for example, so is information provided at U.S. government Web sites. If a book title cannot be copyrighted, it's safe to assume that the title of a Web page cannot be copyrighted.
Not every Internet resource can be related to a corresponding print resource, however. Erroneously posting copyrighted material to your own Web site carries even greater risks than innocently using copyrighted material in your classroom. If you plan to post work you have not created to your Web site, you should avoid
NOTE:- We also should keep in mind that works posted on other sites might not have been posted by the copyright owner or with the copyright owner's permission. Just because a copyrighted work is already posted on the Web doesn't mean it's there legally. Even sites that have obtained the required permission may not have the right to transfer that permission to you. Always get permission to use a copyrighted online work from the owner of that work, not from a secondary source. If you plan to use the work online, be sure to get permission to use the work electronically. Print rights and electronic rights are not the same thing.
DON'Ts:- Because copyright laws are mostly about money, you probably won't be accused of copyright infringement if the works you use are unlikely to bring financial gain to their creators. You may, however, still be accused of bad manners. Sometimes it's simply polite to ask permission, even if you're not legally required to do so! Asking permission is a good idea if you intend to
SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS:- All software, like all other tangible, original work, is copyrighted on creation. Because no piece of software has been in existence long enough to pass into the public domain, the only public domain software currently available is software that the owner has expressly relinquished to the public domain. Such software is usually clearly labeled.
Commercial software represents the majority of software purchased. In general, commercial software licenses stipulate that
Shareware software licenses allow purchasers to make and distribute copies of the software but demand that if, after testing the software, you adopt it for use, you must pay for it. In general, shareware software licenses stipulate that
Note that selling software as shareware is a marketing decision that does not change its copyright status.
3. Freeware is also covered by copyright and subject to the conditions defined by the holder of the copyright. In general, freeware software licenses stipulate that
COPYRIGHTS FOR SCHOOL / EDUCATION PURPOSES:- copyright law protects at least some aspects of the program code, structure, content, organization, and user interface of virtually every computer software program. Although licensing agreements may vary, as a rule, you cannot
You may, depending on the licensing agreement, be permitted to
Q2) Briefly describe how you will distribute the new or revised policy and procedures to the following stakeholders , you may do this by writing the steps or in bullet points