Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
-ability to find, access, use and create information effectively
-engage with other users in an active, critical, sensitive and ethical manner
-navigate the online and ICT environment safely and responsibly, being aware of one’s own
Rights
LAW - Set of universally accepted rules and enforced within a certain territory or entity
ETHICS- Ethicos: characters
- the interaction of an individual to others
- moral obligation of what is right and wrong
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP)
-“Creation of the Mind”
- encourages people to be more creative and innovative
COPYRIGHT
- exclusive, legal right of the IP owner to sell, distribute a material that he/she created
⩩ ECONOMIC RIGHT
-right to sell or gain financial benefit from his/her IP
⩩ ECONOMIC RIGHT
-entitlement that that the IP is his/her own original work and none could claim it
PRINCIPLES OF COPYRIGHT
▢ EXCLUSIVITY
▢ NO FORMALITIES FOR ESTABLISHMENT
▢ CONTRACTUAL FREEDOM
▢ RENUMERATION
▢ TERRITORIALITY
▢ ENFORCEMENT
PATENT
-an exclusive right granted for an invention
-provides the patent owner with the right to consent on the invention or a way for others to use it
-the patent owner is responsible for making technical information about the invention available in the
published patent document or in public
TRADEMARK
-a distinguished sign of goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises
-“signature mark”
TM denotes that the owner of the mark is in the process of registration to indicate a claim of ownership
® is only used for marks that have been granted registration
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
- an ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an item
- Three dimensional(shape or surface )
two-dimensional (patterns, lines, or color)
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PATENT
protects only the appearance or aesthetic features of a protects an invention that offers a new technical
product solution to a problem
an industrial design right does not protect the technical or functional features of a product
GEOGRAPHICAL & Appelations of Origin
-these are signs used on products possessing qualities, a status, or characteristics that are essentially
attributable to that location of origin
-a geographical indication includes the name of the place of origin of the goods
Republic Act No. 8293
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
FAIR USE
a legal principle stating that one can use a copyrighted work without a license for the following purposes:
commentary, criticism, reporting, research, teaching
the copyrighted material must observe conditions such as:
(1) amount and substantiality of the portion taken;
(2) purpose and character of one’s use;
(3) nature of the copyrighted work; and
(4) potential market effect
NETIQUETTE
-problems in the digital age: the lack of basic manners in using the Internet
-rules for behaving properly online
DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
-any data record of the things you do online
-trail of data about you
* be vigilant in sharing personal information
DATA PRIVACY
-Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012
-Respecting and managing data privacy
- fundamental right of an individual to protect private information from disclosure to information
and communication systems is under
DIGITAL DIVIDE
-digital inequality or gap between groups in terms of knowledge, usage, and access to ICT due to circumstances like
location, income, and age
COMPUTER ADDICTION AND CYBERBULLYING
-improper use of the Internet
-a result of an intention, or a habit that has gone worse
-could distress one’s health and relationships.
TO THOSE WHO ARE OUT FOR IMMERSION
PAIR WORK: DO THIS CREATIVELY ON A SHORT BONDPAPER.
TASK 2
Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CHALLENGE
Create your own digital citizenship challenge to become responsible media and information users and
producers which lasts for two weeks. Create boxes (example below). Put one responsible online
practice or behavior for each box in the card. Make sure that it is timely and feasible. You can have
your own title or name of the challenge as long as it serves the purpose.
Content…………… 10
Feasibility………… 5
Presentation……… 5