Students Learn About:

Software piracy and copyright

• concepts associated with piracy and copyright, including:

• – intellectual property

• – plagiarism

• – copyright laws

• – licensing issues

• – licence conditions

• – shareware

• – public domain

• – open source

• – ownership versus licensing

• – collaboratively developed software

• – reverse engineering

• – decompilation

• current and emerging technologies used to combat software piracy such as:

• - non-copyable data sheet

• - use of serial numbers

• - site licence,

• - installation counter on a network

• - encryption key

• - registration code

• - back-to-base authentication

Students Learn To:

• interpret licence agreements and develop personal practices that reflect current laws 

• identify the relationship between copyright laws and software license agreements 

• acknowledge all sources in recognition of the intellectual contribution of authors

• identify a range of techniques designed to combat software piracy