Legal and Ethical Concepts

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Copyright

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exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform or record creative materials

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Cyberbullying

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using electronic communication to bully a person

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Defamation

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act of damaging or attacking the reputation of someone or something in a malicious or false way

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Ethical Values

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set of established principles governing virtuous behavior

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Fair Use

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any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and transformative purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize or parody a copyrighted work

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Infringement

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unauthorized use of a trademark in a manner which is likely to cause confusion, deception or mistake about the source of goods or services

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Laws

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rules the members of a society create to balance the individual rights to self-determination against the needs of the society as a whole

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Non-Disclosure Agreement

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contract by which two or more parties agree not to disclose confidential information which they have shared with each other

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Open Source

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document, software or development model of which the original source is made freely available to the public

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Patent

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government license which gives the holder exclusive rights to make, use or sell an invention for a designated period of time