Carlos Geronimo

 

Jantzen Chan

 

ITETHICS O0A

 

 

Pirate’s ethical issues:

 

 

o       Poking on other companies server without permission. (P.1) - Thou shall not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper compensation.

 

 

o       Reading other e-mails. (P.2) - Thou shall not snoop around in other people’s computer files.

 

 

o       Listening to phone calls. (P.2) - Thou shall always use a computer in ways to ensure consideration & respect for your fellow humans.

 

 

o       Figured how the firm’s pirate-fighting software works. (P.2) - Thou shall not interfere with other people’s computer work.

 

 

o       Posted a file that contained the source code for Media defender’s anti-piracy system. (P.3) - Commandment #8 about people’s intellectual output.

 

 

o       Accessing other computers & browsing files. (P.2) - Thou shall not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper compensation.

 

 

o       He uncovered salaries of the top engineers as well as names & contact information kept by C.E.O. and co-founder Randy Saaf. (P.2) - Thou shall not snoop around in other people’s computer files.

 

 

o       Grabbed half-years worth of internal e-mail. (P.3) - Thou shall not use a computer to steal.

 

 

o       Pirate Bay (P.6) - Thou shall always use a computer in ways to ensure consideration & respect for your fellow humans.

 

 

o       “For fuck’s sake,” (P.6) - Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people.

 

 

 

 

Corporate ethical issues:

 

 

o       Planting booby traps. (P.2) - Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people.

 

 

o       Media defender had created a code specifically for hacking into Pirate Bay’s system. (P.9) - Thou shall not interfere with other people’s computer work.

 

 

o       Media defender played their prank. (P.10) - Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people.

 

 

o       Downloaders aren’t thieves, they’re just rabid fans. (P.10) - Thou shall always use a computer in ways to ensure consideration & respect for your fellow humans.

 

 

o       Record labels would have to stop suing downloaders. (P.10) - Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people.

 

 

o       If they cannot beat them, they’ll finally have to join them. (P.11) - Thou shall not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper compensation.

 

 

o       Pledging money on a film maker’s site (P.11) - Commandment #8 about people’s intellectual output.

 

 

o       “I love that people love the movie” (P.11) - Thou shall always use a computer in ways to ensure consideration & respect for your fellow humans.

 

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