Legal and ethical issues, such as intellectual property, copyright, fair use, and privacy policies that an organization must address when implementing a modernized system.

2.  Organizations that implement the use of
modern technologies, legal and ethical issues
must be addressed. Along with intellectual
property, copyright, “fair use,” and privacy
policies.

3.  Intellectual property powers our economy and protects our
global competitive advantage. Examples such as artistry
that go into:
 Books
 Music
 Film
 Valuable trade secrets that preserves a companies market
edge.
 Infringing on a companies IP can damage our economy and
undermine jobs.
 Copyrights can protect Intellectual Property.

4.  Copyright is protection by the laws set forth in the United
States under the 1976 Copyright Act to individuals whose
work is original known as “authorship,” which includes:
 Literary
 Dramatic
 Musical
 Artistic
 Certain other intellectual works
 Protections is available for published and unpublished
work.
 It is illegal for anyone to violate the rights set forth in the
copyright law to the owner of the copyright.

5.  In some cases, limitations are specified
exemptions from copyright liability.
 On limitation is the doctrine of “fair use,”
which is given a statutory basis in section
107of the 1976 Copyright Act.
 Permission to use someone else's work is not
simple as acknowledging them as a source.
Therefore, the copyright office cannot grant
permission.

6.  User privacy on websites is important.
 Having a company policy that protects the
rights of employees and customers ensuring
that their information is:
 Secure
 Confidential
 Ensuring that all bases are covered builds
trust and the reputation of a company.

7.  Setting forth organizational guidelines to
make sure that employees:
 Are properly trained on intellectual property,
copyright, “fair use,” and privacy policy.
 Legal and ethical issues must be addressed to
not only protect the reputation of the
company, but the integrity of each
employee.
 Holding each individual and organization
accountable for violating laws and having
guidelines set forth by the company and
governed by law.

8.  The White House. (n.d.). Intellectual property. Retrieved from
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/intellecualproperty/ipec
 United States Copyright Office. (2014). Copyright. Retrieved
from http:///www.copyright.gov/