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One of the largest ethical challenges faced today is the use of the "Web 2.0" collaborative atmosphere. In the past, people were often judged on their individual work and ideas they contribute, but with the internet, computer users can easily plagiarize, share and "borrow" others ideas or works to claim as their own, or use the collaborative nature of Wikipedia, Facebook, blogs, and motorcycle forums to engage others for their input to what is supposed to be an individual effort, typically without the appropriate credit given to the source of said ideas.

Legally, this raises concerns over copyright infringement or theft of other types of intellectual property. See the recent examples of lawsuits raised by both the RIAA and MPAA in regards to pirated music and movies. While those examples have been quite newsworthy, intellectual property is stolen or plagiarized and used everyday in many mundane examples like questions from college assignments students post on the internet. Due to the nature of these assignments and the noted apathy of many college professors, these small-scale intellectual thefts go unchecked and unnoticed - and will continue to do so until bullshit assignments stop being recycled by lazy professors, or hardline punishments are handed down to students who steal others' ideas.

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Ethical: currently vogue is the discussion of accessing information about others, through use of the internet. Prospective job seekers certainly search information about potential employers, but what of employers searching for information about prospective hires, through use of the internet?

Other ethical: At what level would a person be wise not to friend somebody on facebook? Boss vs workers? Teacher vs student? What ethical limits apply to internet behavior between peoples, Facebook being a primary example.

Legal: The US federal government certainly wants an open and free internet, at least until it grows and matures. At what point does the government step in and regulate behavior of it's people? Never? What are the limits of society?

Other legal: We know the federal government says there is no sales tax on internet purchases without a storefront presence within a given state. But several states have decided to try and collect sales tax anyway. Are they right or wrong in doing so? Or does it even matter? What of the majority of states that do not try to charge?

Notice you are required to draw your own conclusions...

And yes, I taught college classes...

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Current internet ethical considerations:

Free Speech

Privacy

Copyright

Child Endangerment

Current internet legal considerations:

Net Neutrality

Internet blocking (filtering)

Censorship

Internet gambling

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:lol: You guys never fail to make me smile. The laugh award goes to JRMMiii though because he responded the earliest and his post was funny.

One of the largest ethical challenges faced today is the use of the "Web 2.0" collaborative atmosphere. In the past, people were often judged on their individual work and ideas they contribute, but with the internet, computer users can easily plagiarize, share and "borrow" others ideas or works to claim as their own, or use the collaborative nature of Wikipedia, Facebook, blogs, and motorcycle forums to engage others for their input to what is supposed to be an individual effort, typically without the appropriate credit given to the source of said ideas.

Legally, this raises concerns over copyright infringement or theft of other types of intellectual property. See the recent examples of lawsuits raised by both the RIAA and MPAA in regards to pirated music and movies. While those examples have been quite newsworthy, intellectual property is stolen or plagiarized and used everyday in many mundane examples like questions from college assignments students post on the internet. Due to the nature of these assignments and the noted apathy of many college professors, these small-scale intellectual thefts go unchecked and unnoticed - and will continue to do so until bullshit assignments stop being recycled by lazy professors, or hardline punishments are handed down to students who steal others' ideas.

© 2011 JRMMiii :D

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