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This unit of competency will require you to respond or perform a task based on the questions posed on short answers in Part 1 of these assessment, and also for you to read and understand the case studies below before you attempt to respond to the question or perform the task.

Case 1
As IT personnel, you were asked by your line manager to contribute to the MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement.
You will find the copy of the statement below – this particular statement is incomplete, please think of how the IT department can protect its intellectual property and to meet its copyright legislative obligation.

MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0
Purpose:
The purpose of this policy statement is to communicate the MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement regarding the protection of all training and assessment documentation as well Information Technology programs that MGIT staff and contractors had developed on behalf of MGIT.
The policy also clearly instruct all MGIT course developers the rules when using other author’s work in the development of their training and assessment resources.
This policy also includes and describes how the developed and implemented documentation and program will be managed, maintained, access and stored.
Scope:
Staff
Student
Contractors

Protection of MGIT Intellectual Property:
All training and assessment documentation commission by MGIT is considered as a property of MGIT. Once the documentation process has commenced, staff involved in the documentation development will do the following;
Will carefully save, store and version control the documentation as per MGIT Document Version control Policy and Procedure.
Once the documentation is finalized, sign off by the approving departmental manager will be required and the document will be considered final and has the appropriate version control
The document will disseminated in a PDF format and ready for use

Note: Staff and contractors
Copying and storing of MGIT documentation in personal USB or hard drive is not permitted at all times.
Reviewing or updating documentation without the approval of departmental managers is not permitted at all times. Necessary permission must be sought before attempting any change or review

Copyright Commitment:
MGIT course or Training and Assessment Developer must adhere to the Copyright Act of 2006, in order to do so the Training and Assessment Developer must do the following;
To adhere to the Copyright Act of 2006 provision when providing or attaching copies of textbook, journals, etc. to be provided to students or other clients
To provide accurate references by using Harvard Referencing style

Information Technology Programs:
Any software programs developed on behalf Of MGIT is considered a property of MGIT. All program specification, scoping and program documentation must be carefully saved and stored. Access to staff to the software programs will be pre-determined by IT and HR Personnel.
Task Case Study 1:
As an IT personnel please review and investigate the MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0 and CONTRIBUTE BY WRITING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR COPYRIGHT IDEAS HERE:

Expected Outcome:
Newly revised MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement with corresponding new version control number

Task 2 of Case Study 1
Briefly describe how you will distribute the new or revised policy and procedures to the following stakeholders , you may do this by writing the steps or in bullet points.

Explanation / Answer

Q1) As an IT personnel please review and investigate the MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0 and CONTRIBUTE BY WRITING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR COPYRIGHT IDEAS HERE:

WEB RESOURCES WE CAN AND CANNOT USE:- As a general rule, a good way to determine whether a multimedia resource is copyright protected or in the public domain is to relate it as closely as possible to a print resource. If publications created by the U.S. government are in the public domain, for example, so is information provided at U.S. government Web sites. If a book title cannot be copyrighted, it's safe to assume that the title of a Web page cannot be copyrighted.

Not every Internet resource can be related to a corresponding print resource, however. Erroneously posting copyrighted material to your own Web site carries even greater risks than innocently using copyrighted material in your classroom. If you plan to post work you have not created to your Web site, you should avoid

NOTE:- We also should keep in mind that works posted on other sites might not have been posted by the copyright owner or with the copyright owner's permission. Just because a copyrighted work is already posted on the Web doesn't mean it's there legally. Even sites that have obtained the required permission may not have the right to transfer that permission to you. Always get permission to use a copyrighted online work from the owner of that work, not from a secondary source. If you plan to use the work online, be sure to get permission to use the work electronically. Print rights and electronic rights are not the same thing.

DON'Ts:- Because copyright laws are mostly about money, you probably won't be accused of copyright infringement if the works you use are unlikely to bring financial gain to their creators. You may, however, still be accused of bad manners. Sometimes it's simply polite to ask permission, even if you're not legally required to do so! Asking permission is a good idea if you intend to

SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS:- All software, like all other tangible, original work, is copyrighted on creation. Because no piece of software has been in existence long enough to pass into the public domain, the only public domain software currently available is software that the owner has expressly relinquished to the public domain. Such software is usually clearly labeled.

Commercial software represents the majority of software purchased. In general, commercial software licenses stipulate that

Shareware software licenses allow purchasers to make and distribute copies of the software but demand that if, after testing the software, you adopt it for use, you must pay for it. In general, shareware software licenses stipulate that

Note that selling software as shareware is a marketing decision that does not change its copyright status.

3. Freeware is also covered by copyright and subject to the conditions defined by the holder of the copyright. In general, freeware software licenses stipulate that

COPYRIGHTS FOR SCHOOL / EDUCATION PURPOSES:- copyright law protects at least some aspects of the program code, structure, content, organization, and user interface of virtually every computer software program. Although licensing agreements may vary, as a rule, you cannot

You may, depending on the licensing agreement, be permitted to

Q2) Briefly describe how you will distribute the new or revised policy and procedures to the following stakeholders , you may do this by writing the steps or in bullet points

Please let me know in case of any clarifications required. Thanks!

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