Computer Ethics, Spr 2015
Corboy 301, Thursdays 4:15
Class 11, April 9
Week 11 Readings
Read Chapter 4 sections on software patents.
Two takes on RIAA-type lawsuits, but from a different perspective:
1.
http://www.myrmecos.net/2015/03/28/faq-so-your-company-has-been-found-using-alexs-photographs-without-permission-what-next/
2. Chicago musician Benn Jordan and his dealings
with the online-music industry.
SCOTUS to NC: GPS
trackers are searches.
John Oliver discussing Patriot Act section 215 and interviewing Edward
Snowden (T=14:07):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M
(contains sometimes-rude humor, and suggests that the real issue for most
Americans is government collection of "intimate" male pictures, but also
shows Snowden being evasive about whether he read all the documents he
released). Oliver in effect is addressing the idea that most people have
nothing to hide except their bodies, and are not concerned about
privacy with respect to anything else.
Patents
We will start with the Heckel
paper, and the natural-order recalculation patent.