Reflective Journal on Ethics in Information Technology

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JOURNAL 1
Reflective Journal
Before writing, the Journal on the provided topic Ethics in Information Technology my
perception about the topic is very different from what I have learned. In my learning section
in week 5, I have been taught about Freedom of Expression, the new thing that I come to
know in the topic is that the first amendment that was made is related to the rights to freedom
of expression, freedom of religion and freedom of speech but the freedom of expression do
not protect fraud and perjury, obscene and defamation speech, sedition and fighting words
and incitement to crime and incitement of panic (Belanger and Crossler, 2011). The freedom
of expression also controls the access to information on the internet that includes
communication decency act, telecommunication act and child online protection act. In the
week 6, I have been taught the topic related to intellectual property. While reading the topic I
come to know that the Intellectual property rights cover the copyright act 1968, trademark
acts 1995, patent and plant breeder’s rights act 1994. In the topic further, I have taught the
measures for the protection of intellectual property such as WTO TRIPS agreements 1994
under this the WTO has developed and TRIPS agreement to form less number of level of
protection that every government should provide to the intellectual property. Moreover,
GATT governs the multilateral trade agreements, PRO-IP act 2008, is developed to increased
trademark and copyright substantially and enforcement and increased penalties for
infringement (Acemoglu and Akcigit, 2012). In addition, I learned about WIPO copyrights
treaty 1996 that is developed to enhance the use of intellectual property right to encourage
individuations to more creative and innovative and come to know about DMCA this
developed to meet the demands of the digital age and to implement the WIPO treaty.
In the 7th week, I have come to know about the topic software development, in this topic I
learned about how the in the present world the companies are providing their focus on