Intellectual Property, Information, And The Common Good

Rocky L. Ho Chapter 18 Title: “Intellectual Property, Information, and the Common Good” by Michael C. McFarland, SJ Quote: “In United States and most other countries, the producers of software can copyright it, meaning that they can control its distribution and use it.”

Expectations: I expect to learn the intellectual property, information and the common good.

Book Review: The author of this chapter is Michael C. McFarland, SJ. In the conflicts over intellectual property, there are five cases, first is the issue of plagiarism, we all know what plagiarism is, it is the copying of others work and claim it as your own without prior authorization from the owner of the work. The second is the software piracy, it is almost like plagiarism, but it is using software as the main issue, to copy a software without buying the original copy of it. Third is the repacking data and data base. Fourth is the reverse engineering. The last is the copying the transmission.

Things I have learned: I learned that the five cases are somehow the basics which a person should know when using the internet as the source of their answer.

Integrity Questions: 1.) What is plagiarism? 2.) What is software piracy? 3.) What is repacking database? 4.) What is reverse engineering? 5.) What is copying transmission?