Questão 1239113

1 The discipline known as cyber-ethics is concerned

with ethical behavior, and moral duties and obligations

pertaining to online environments and digital media.

4 This discipline deals with the responsible and

appropriate use one makes of information while accessing, and

creating technology, technology systems, and information

7 technology (IT).

Its purpose is to promote a general understanding of

current ethical and legal standards, rights and restrictions

10 governing technology systems and IT within the context of

today’s society, enabling people to make ethical and legal

decisions when confronted with dilemmas concerning the use

13 of technology.

In a nutshell, cyber-ethics enables people to:

- identify consequences of actions involving, for

16 example, intellectual property rights, media copyright

laws, private/public domain, fair use and file sharing;

- understand the legal implications of personal,

19 educational and commercial uses of protected works;

- behave ethically when using technology regarding i)

intellectual property, ii) fair use of copyrighted

22 material, including file sharing and legal downloading

of software, music, and videos.

Internet: <http://ikeepsafe.org> (adapted).

Judge the next items according to the text presented on cyber-ethics.

Cyber-ethics approaches both ethical standards and present-day laws about technology systems and IT.