Perceptions of copyright compliance
Trisha Brewer · 2010
Modern technology provides the opportunity to readily copy and distribute pirated versions of copyrighted material. In many cases this material is indistinguishable from the original. Since today's information assurance (IA) students are tomorrow's security specialists, they must maintain an increased sensitivity to the protection of intellectual property. Do these future security specialists hold this knowledge, or does society simply assume that they do? Are today's IA programs successfully instilling this sensitivity? Hiring managers make certain assumptions about these security students that extend into the work force when designing and developing computer-based collaborative systems. Are these assumptions correct? The answers to these questions and more will be reported in the results of a research project on the student awareness of copyright laws among the IA students at a Midwestern university and will evaluate the effectiveness of current curriculum.