Review for Midterm 2

Midterm 2 will be given Monday, November 11 in MWAH 175. It covers the following chapters from Quinn:

• Chapter 4: Intellectual Property
• Chapter 5: Information Privacy
• Chapter 6: Privacy and the Government
• Chapter 7: Computer and Network Security

Chapter 4: Intellectual Property

Study topics for Chapter 4 break down into three areas:

• Concepts
• US Law
• Open Source Software

Intellectual Property Concepts

• Locke's theory of property
• Legal protection mechanisms
  • patents
  • copyrights
  • trademarks and service marks
  • trade secrets
• What is the ethical challenge caused by peer-to-peer networks?

US Law

Know the following:

• What is the significance of the Apple Computer vs. Franklin Computer court case?
  • It established that software can be copyrighted.
• What do courts consider in cases involving fair use?
  • purpose, character of use
  • nature of work
  • amount of work copied
  • affect on market

What are the main provisions of the following acts?

• Audio Home Recording Act
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Open Source Software

• Meaning of open source software
  • others are free to distribute the software
  • source code must be included in any distribution
  • no restrictions on use
  • the same rights and obligations extend to redistribution recipients
• GNU project and Richard Stallman
• Linux and Linus Torvalds
• Creative Commons

Chapter 5: Information Privacy

• What is meant when the right to privacy is called a prudential right?
• What are some mechanisms for unintentional information disclosure? (See section 5.3)
• What is data mining?
• What is the difference between opt-in and opt-out policies?

Chapter 6: Privacy and the Government

You should be able to give a short description of the privacy related provisions of the follow acts. In most cases a single sentence should suffice.

• Employee Polygraph Protection Act
• Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
• Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
• Video Privacy Protection Act
• Health Insurance Portability and Protection Act

And some other possible questions:

• What is NCIC?
• In general terms, what are the provisions of the Patriot Act?
  • greater authority to monitor communications
  • greater powers to regulate banks
  • greater border controls
  • new crimes and penalties for terrorist activity

Chapter 7: Computer and Network Security

• What is a virus?
• What is a worm?
• What is a Trojan horse?
• What is a back door Trojan horse?
• What is a root kit?
• What is phishing?
• What is a firewall?
• What is a denial of service attack?
• What is a distributed denial of service attack?
• What did Clifford Stoll write about in his book The Cuckoo's Egg?