Legal and Ethical Issues

There are lots of legal and ethical issues to technology. First, material created on a computer is the property of the creator or organization. So, there are some people that can take something from someone and things like that. Thats where ease of access comes in. Ease of access is digitally distributed information that raises property concerns regarding ownership, value, and use. the use of material created by someone other than the creator should be cited to give credit.

Measures should be safeguarded intellectual property. The use of this material thats created by someone else without permission is known as plagiarism, especially when presented to others. Open access and creative commons have enabled the access to use digital info.

Creative commons is a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. When the creator wants to give others the right to share or use the work they have created, they use creative commons to allow that to happen. Open source programs are programs that are freely available and redistributed. The output of online research and resources free of any restrictions mean that the resources are open access.