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This chapter discusses legal aspects of computing and is concerned with the overlap of the law and the computing field. We discuss intellectual property such as patents, copyright and trademarks, and the licensing of software. We examine the area of hacking and computer crime, and explore the nature of privacy, free speech and censorship. We consider the legal issues of bespoke software development and the legal aspects of the Internet.
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It is not illegal to use reverse engineering to try to discover the trade secret.
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The decision may be to put the invention in the public domain with a defensive publication thereby preventing competitors from filing a patent for the invention.
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O’Regan, G. (2018). Legal Aspects of Computing. In: World of Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75844-2_15
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