4.5 Copyright
Copyright is a law
that gives the author the sole right to make copies of the work and sell them.
Illegal copying of
software is called software piracy and is a crime.
There are many different
types of licence
1. Site Licence allows for a certain
number of copies to be run at the same time.
2. Network licence allows one copy to be
used on many computers through a network.
3. Shareware allows people to use the
program for free for a short time but then they must pay if they continue to
use it.
4. Public Domain has no copyright and can
be freely distributed
Write
out the sentence and fill in the missing word
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????? gives the author sole right to make copies of the work |
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????? is the illegal copying of software |
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????? imposes penalties for persons infringing the copyright of software |
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Advertising to supply ????? is a crime |
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????? is the right for many people to use software on the same site |
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????? is the right for many people to use software on a network |
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????? is software you can copy and distribute, but relies on honesty for payment |
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????? is software that has no copyright and can be freely distributed |
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????? 's increasing popularity is reducing software piracy |
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????? is the presentation of information on a computer using sound, graphics, animation and text |