CGS3095 – Topic Sentence

Submit your topic sentence for your Paper and Presentation. Topic sentence should be based on one of the following topics:

• Unique problems created by technology
• Digital divide
• Patents, copyrights, and trademarks in the U.S. and abroad
• Software piracy, licensing, and patents
• Media piracy
• Reverse engineering of hardware or software
• Transnational issues concerning intellectual property
• Technology’s roles in protecting IP and infringing on IP rights
• U.S. Fourth Amendment rights and digital content
• Governments’ rights and responsibilities to prevent cyber or physical attacks vs. individual privacy rights
• Privacy issues in the global arena: cultural, social, and legal aspects around the world
• Privacy in the workplace
• Proprietary software protection vs. government’s requirements for public safety and disaster prevention/recovery
• Risks of computing in the implementation of public policy and government (e.g., electronic voting, electronic health records, etc.)
• Identify and evaluate the various threats and hazards that may impact critical infrastructure within and across the different sectors, and how they can be viewed in an all-hazards risk management approach.
• Game developers responsibilities: Do/Should games teach ethical/unethical behaviors?
• Real-world laws & social customs for virtual worlds?
• Economic, social, and legal issues in virtual worlds