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I.T. and the Law
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I.T. and the Law There are a lot of Law and I.T related rules. The three I shall be explaining and elaborating about today are: 1. Copyright Act 1988 2. Data Protection Act 3. Misuse of Computer Act 1990 Copyright Act The Copyright Designs and Patents Act (1988) states that it is illegal to copy software without the permission of the person or company that owns the copyright for the software. This means that it is illegal to make copies of floppy disks or CD-ROMs containing computer software or to install the same software onto more than one computer unless you have a special licence agreement. Licence Agreement A licence agreement does not make it harder to copy software. A licence agreement is a legal contract agreed between the person who buys a software package and the company that developed and sells it. It states what the person who has purchased the software may do with...
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