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Digital Property - What You Can & Can Not Do
Copyright Basics - Take the Quiz
Digital Law - Current Events
 

Digital Law
 electronic responsibility for actions and deeds 


Digital law deals with the ethics of technology within a society. Unethical use manifests itself in form of theft and/or crime. Ethical use manifests itself in the form of abiding by the laws of society. Users need to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are certain rules of society that users need to be aware in a ethical society. These laws apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading illegal music, plagiarizing, creating destructive worms, viruses or creating Trojan Horses, sending spam, or stealing anyone’s identify or property is unethical.
District Policy Section 2: Responsible Use


Now proceed to...
Activity Two / Digital Security & Self Protection

 Ribble, M. (2013). Nine themes of digital citizenship. Retrieved from Digital Citizenship-Using Technology Appropriately website:http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
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