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Program and Data Protection

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Legal Privacy and Ethical

issues in Computer
Security
Human Controls Applicable to
Computer Security

Basic Legal Issues


Ownership
Protecting
Information Rights of Software
Program and
and the Law Employees Failure
Data
and Employers
Protecting Programs and Data

Copyright

Patent

Trade Secret
Copy Right

 Copyright is a form of intellectual property law that grants


exclusive rights to creators and authors of original works.

 It protects various forms of creative expression, including


literary works, artistic works, musical compositions, and
more.

 Copyright covers both published and unpublished works,


offering legal protection against unauthorized use,
reproduction, or distribution.
Trade secret

Trade secret — information that provides competitive edge over others

 Information that has value only if kept secret

 Undoing release of a secret is impossible or very difficult

 Reverse engineering used to uncover trade secret is legal!

 Trade secret. protection applies very well to computer s/w

 E.g., programs that use algorithms unknown to others


Patent

Patent -- A patent is a legal right granted by a government to an inventor,


giving them exclusive rights to their invention for a limited period.
 Protection of Tangible Objects or Processes: Patents are designed to
protect tangible inventions or methods of making them.

 Novelty and Non-obviousness: it is new and not previously disclosed,


and non-obvious, meaning it is not an obvious modification of
existing technology.

 Exclusive Rights: The inventor who obtains a patent is granted


exclusive rights to make, use, sell, or import their invention,
preventing others from using the patented invention without
permission.
Ownership Rights of
Employees and Employers

Ownership of products
Products/ideas/inventions developed by employee after hours might still
be owned by her employer
Esp. if in the same „line of business”

OWNERSHIP OF OWNERSHIP OF TRADE SECRET


PATENTS COPYRIGHTS PROTECTION

IF EMPLOYER FILES FOR IF EMPLOYER FILES FOR NO REGISTERED


PATENT, EMPLOYER WILL COPYRIGHT, EMPLOYER INVENTOR/AUTHOR—
OWN PATENT WILL OWN PATENT OWNER CAN PROSECUTE
FOR DAMAGES

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