ITETHIC MIDTERMS

1. Discuss how new technology creates a a policy vacuum. Why do cyber-ethicists have to anticipate how a policy vacuum can create a problem in the future? (25 points)

2 and 3. Give 2 examples of actual scenarios where a new technology was used and how it created a policy vacuum. Propose your own straightforward policy and how to mitigate it. (25 points per example)

4. Discuss the 3 issues in the #PaintBackTheirHands scenario. What policy vacuums were present for a.) BENCH, b.) the ASC and c.) the netizens who created and promoted the #PaintBackTheirHands hashtag. (25 points)

5. BONUS. Discuss the concept of Fair Use in the case of the expiration of the copyright of the early and later works of Sir Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes. If the TV series' use the character/s, a.) how can fair use be used? b.) does it matter, if the work is in public domain and c.) what happens if its a Sherlock Holmes parody? (25 points)