Reverse Engineering
Government Organizations
Music Piracy
Movie Piracy
Patents, Copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
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What is reverse engineering?
Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object, or system through analysis of its structure, function, and operation.
100
What group is a part of the UN, and wants to stimulate innovation and creativity through Intellectual Property?
The WIPO
100
What is Napster and name 1 co-founder.
A pioneering P2P file sharing internet service that emphasized sharing audio files, typically music, encoded in MP3 format. Co-founded by Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker
100
41 states have camcorder laws
How many States have camcorder laws?
100
True or False: Can anything obvious/ ordinary be patented.
No
200
Name one threat to the legality of Reverse Engineering.
Option 1: Shrink-wrap licenses Option 2: the DMCA
200
What is the TRIPs Agreement?
The result of a negotiation within the WTO that laid the foundation for Intellectual Property rights within the organization.
200
Who is the RIAA and what do they do?
Recording Industry Association of America- a.) trade organization that represents recording industry distributors in the United States b.) They create, manufacture and/or distribute 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the US
200
•Watch for Titles that are "Too New to be True" 
Movies that have yet to be released in theaters, or which are still out in theaters, are not legally available online. If such recent titles are being offered online, they are almost invariably illegal copies. •Trust Your Eyes and Ears 
In many cases, the quality of illegal copies is inferior with poor sound and can appear blurry or shaky. •Be Cautious When Websites Make Offers that are Too Good to be True
What are the three ways you can identify Streaming Theft?
200
List three things a trade secret protects.
Formulas, Device, idea, process,or pattern
300
Why aren't patents an issue for reverse engineers?
Patents aren't really an issue in terms of reverse engineering because they require a public disclosure of an invention, so they can be studied without using RE.
300
What might prevent the WTO from preventing a free and open trade market?
A rapidly spreading disease, or attempts to protect consumers.
300
Piracy’s real effect on music sales is difficult to accurately assess, give two reasons why this is so…
a.) the fact that the cost of digital distribution has decreased significantly from the costs of distribution by former methods. the majority of the file sharing community will distribute copies of music for a zero price in monetary terms b.) Some people, like many in China, illegally download music because they cannot afford to purchase legitimate copies, and the ones that do, are sometimes untraceable.
300
Netflix is a legal alternative to using piracy to get content online, but it admits that piracy sites give it valuable information about what subscribers likely want to watch.
Does Netflix use movie piracy websites to give it valuable information about what subscribers likely want to watch?
300
What is the difference between a utility patent and a design patent
A utility patent is functional( toys, tools, machines) and last for 20 years, while a design patent is non functional( decorations).
400
Give 4 ways that Reverse Engineering can be applied to the real world.
Options: interfacing, military use, product improvement, obsolescence, modernizing software, academic/learning purposes, product security, creating duplicates/clones, technological intelligence, determine copyright/patent infringement, create similar but cheaper products, uncover undocumented features
400
Why might global trade organizations be harmful to small countries?
The smaller countries don't have the resources to defend themselves at meetings - if they signed on to the agreements, they have to keep a standard of trade that may hurt their economy.
400
Give 2 of the 3 reasons why Napster was being sued through the RIAA for
1.) Its users were directly violating the plaintiff's copyrights 2.) Napster was responsible for contributory infringement of the plaintiff's copyrights 3.) Napster was responsible for vicarious infringement of the plaintiffs' copyrights
400
$1,311,000,000
In 2005 what was the predicted amount of losses due to Movie Piracy? (Millions)
400
What can not be trademarked?
1. Anything that uses official symbols of the U.S or any state such as the flag 2. Anything that uses a persons name or likeness without their permission.
500
What does DMCA stand for, and what does this law do?
It stands for: Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and prohibits the creation or dissemination of tools or information that could be used to break technological safeguards that protect software from being copied.
500
What keeps these organizations running? Why are they effective?
The agreements signed by each member state is a legally binding contract. The countries must obey the standards set by the agreements.
500
Give 2 of the 3 goals of the RIAA (Give 3 of 3 and receive 50 point bonus)
1.) To protect intellectual property rights and First Amendment rights of artists. 2.) To perform research about the music industry. 3.) To monitor and review relevant laws, regulations and policies.
500
Optical disc theft — also known as "bootlegging" — is the illegal manufacturing, sale and/or distribution of movies in hard copy or disc format.
What is Optical Disk Theft?
500
For a Patent to be patentable it must fit into a category: machine, process, articles of manufacture, and composition. Give examples of each.
Machines: fax, rocket, electronic circuits Process, chemical reaction, methods for producing products. Articles of manufacture: furniture, disks Composition: Gasoline, food additives.
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