Questions and Answers:
1. Research the Internet to learn the status of the SCO-IBM dispute. Write a one-page summary for your instructor.
Answer: It is about SCO who is filing legal action against IBM in the reason of that IBM committing a misappropriation of trade secrets, tortuous, unfair competition and branch of contract. SCO charged that in the original AT&T/IBM Unix licensing agreements. This parties agreed to set a provisions that required IBM to protect the Unix Code against unrestricted, disclosure, unauthorized transfer or disposition and unauthorized used by others. In that case SCO requested damages of at least 1 billion and demanded that IBM cased anticompetetive practices based on specific requirements sent in a notification letter to IBM. If these requirements were not met, SCO would have the authority to revoke IBM's AIX (The IBM of UNIX) license.
2. What does this case teach you about the sale and purchase of rights to software code?
Answer: It is about fair of all times every step that a company made is bieng first to avoid any encountered conflictual, specially in a software just like SCO vs. IBM.
3. Some critics feel that SCO's business tactics are despicable: acquire the rights to software you did not write, claim that lines of the code are embedded in a competing and more popular program and then demand a licensing fee from anyone who uses the rival software. Others think that are perfectly legal. What is your opinion and why?
Answer: SCO's is a software film that sells and service UNIX. For me I think is illegal all of the transaction of SCO's are illegal because in the information that I claim there is no any proven that SCO's make any violation. Their main purposes is that SCO's want to be fair in other establishment.
4. Discuss the pros and cons of SCO's decision to sue corporate Linux Users.
Answer: *The Pros is that the SCO file a illegal action against IBM for misappropriation of trade secrets, fortious interference, unfair
* The Cons is SCO's charged that in Original AT&T UNIX licensing arguments that required IBM to protect the UNIX code against the unrestricted disclosure.
Linggo, Enero 20, 2013
RealNetworks vs. Apple
Questions and Answers:
1. Research the Internet on the status of the RealNetworks vs. Apple dispute. Write one page summary of your findings.
1. Research the Internet on the status of the RealNetworks vs. Apple dispute. Write one page summary of your findings.
Answer: Apple Computer Inc.'s
dispute with RealNetworks Inc. over RealNetworks' new Harmony technology have
to be settled in court? One lawyer said that Apple has available several legal
avenues, each with potential risks for Apple and the burgeoning digital music
market.RealNetworks last week introduced Harmony, a technology that allows
users of the Real Music Store to download their files onto an Apple iPod, a
space Apple has strongly defended for its own music store files. Apple
responded, saying that Real's efforts were the "tactics and ethics of a
hacker."Apple also cautioned Real that they were investigating the
ramifications of the software under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA), legislation enacted in 1998 that extended American copyright law to cover
digital content. Real claims that they did not violate any laws under the DMCA
and said, "consumers, and not Apple, should be the ones choosing what
music goes on their iPod.
2. Under what conditions might a court find that RealNetworks violated the DMCA and must stop selling it's Harmony software products?
Answer: Based on what I've understand there is no law which is being violated because they only presented there music to the other network or in Apple and I in this way believe I believe that they only avoiding any contradiction or copier in music. There is no proofs they violate the DMCA.
3. Under what conditions might a court find that RealNetworks did not violate the DMCA and can continue to sell and distribute it's Harmony products.
Answer: In the investigation of DMCA they found that RealNetworks did not violate by developing their product which is the Harmony it is proven based on the investigation of DMCA was not designed to disable or removed any digital rights management system in a simple exploration. RealNetworks follows in an well established tradition of fully legal independent.
4. Do you think the DMCA should be changed? If so, how should it be changed? If not why not?
Answer: The DMCA must changed the rules in a way of not using any establish just like RealNetwork and Apple they must produced/promote their music in their own establishment to avoid any compilation.
Miyerkules, Enero 16, 2013
New Wireless Technologies Reduce Medical Errors
Questions and Answers:
1. How should hospital staff and IT staff work together to ensure the success of safety-critical wireless systems designed to reduce medical error?
Answer: Hospital and Technologies or IT staffs should be alert to lesson medical errors, they should work together to prevent negligence. In addition, this Wireless technologies is not trustworthy for it has potential harmful effects of instituting this system.
2. Wireless systems can record who administered the medicine, the dosage administered, the time of day, and other details. In such clear accountability good or bad for the health in industry? Do you think nurses or other healthcare practitioners may be hesitant to use the systems because of potential legal consequences?
Answer: In this case, it is good for health industry because it records the details mostly important doings of doctors and nurses. However, some nurses and healthcare practitioners would hesitate to use this system for it could affect their work and responsibilities they could use this system for easy work.
3. Can you identify additional safety measures that should be built into these wireless systems?
Answer: For more safety measure in this wireless system, the staff of the hospital must use the system carefully. They should have IT professionals to guide the staffs and organized the system well, there should be Technicians in there everyday work to prevent errors in medicating patients. And there must be a double checking of a system if it still works very well.
1. How should hospital staff and IT staff work together to ensure the success of safety-critical wireless systems designed to reduce medical error?
Answer: Hospital and Technologies or IT staffs should be alert to lesson medical errors, they should work together to prevent negligence. In addition, this Wireless technologies is not trustworthy for it has potential harmful effects of instituting this system.
2. Wireless systems can record who administered the medicine, the dosage administered, the time of day, and other details. In such clear accountability good or bad for the health in industry? Do you think nurses or other healthcare practitioners may be hesitant to use the systems because of potential legal consequences?
Answer: In this case, it is good for health industry because it records the details mostly important doings of doctors and nurses. However, some nurses and healthcare practitioners would hesitate to use this system for it could affect their work and responsibilities they could use this system for easy work.
3. Can you identify additional safety measures that should be built into these wireless systems?
Answer: For more safety measure in this wireless system, the staff of the hospital must use the system carefully. They should have IT professionals to guide the staffs and organized the system well, there should be Technicians in there everyday work to prevent errors in medicating patients. And there must be a double checking of a system if it still works very well.
Prius Plagued by Programming Errors
Questions and Answers:
1. Do you agree with NHTA's assessment that problems with the Prius were not a safety critical issue? In such cases, who should decide whether a software bug creates a safety critical issue--the manufacturer, consumers, government agencies, or some other group?
Answer: No, because with in just small error of an engine can cause an accident and an accident may cause death. The automakers should double check the engine if their system works well. And in such cases manufacturers should decide whether a software bug creates a safety critical issue because they were the one who manufacture the software. So they were the one who knows if there is a defect in a system.
2. How would the issue be handled differently if it were a safety-critical matter? Would the issue be harmed differently if the costs involved were not so great?
Answer: If the lost involved were not so great, it may recall to warm automakers about human errors that go undetected during production.
3. As the amount of hardware and software embedded in the average car continues to grow, what steps can automakers take to minimize warranty claims and ensure customer safety?
Answer: To minimize warranty claims and ensure customer safety the automakers should be responsible for the production of Toyota cars. The car must undergo to a test if it runs well for the safety of everybody and for the profit of the business.
1. Do you agree with NHTA's assessment that problems with the Prius were not a safety critical issue? In such cases, who should decide whether a software bug creates a safety critical issue--the manufacturer, consumers, government agencies, or some other group?
Answer: No, because with in just small error of an engine can cause an accident and an accident may cause death. The automakers should double check the engine if their system works well. And in such cases manufacturers should decide whether a software bug creates a safety critical issue because they were the one who manufacture the software. So they were the one who knows if there is a defect in a system.
2. How would the issue be handled differently if it were a safety-critical matter? Would the issue be harmed differently if the costs involved were not so great?
Answer: If the lost involved were not so great, it may recall to warm automakers about human errors that go undetected during production.
3. As the amount of hardware and software embedded in the average car continues to grow, what steps can automakers take to minimize warranty claims and ensure customer safety?
Answer: To minimize warranty claims and ensure customer safety the automakers should be responsible for the production of Toyota cars. The car must undergo to a test if it runs well for the safety of everybody and for the profit of the business.
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