computer science

 

 

 

read the attachment file then answer this question 

 

1. Question 1:

 

A small company offers you a programming job. You are to work on new versions of its software 

product to disable copy protection and other access controls on electronic books. (For this 

exercise, assume you are in a country that does not outlaw tools to circumvent copy protection 

as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act does in the United States.) The company’s program 

enables buyers of ebooks to read their ebooks on a variety of hardware devices (fair uses). 

Customers could also use the program to make many unauthorized copies of copyrighted 

books. The company’s Web page implicitly encourages this practice, particularly for college 

students who want to avoid the cost of e-textbooks. Analyze the ethics of accepting the job. Find 

relevant sections from the ethics codes in SE Code and ACM Code.