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1. HUMAN RESOURCE
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
Chapter 3 – Information Technology –
Concepts & Issues

2. Chapter 3
Information Technology
It refers to the creation, gathering, processing,
storage and delivery of information and the
processes and devises that make all this possible.
Information
When computers and other communication devices
process the raw data which is nothing but facts inputs
to computer, then it becomes information.

3. Chapter 3
Technology
It is defined as the application of science in
industrial or commercial objectives.
Hardware
It is a physical entity that we can touch and
see.

4. Chapter 3
Software
It is a combination of programmes without
which hardware cannot function. Companies
use software in their day to day business.
Example: MS-Office Word, Excel, Power
Point etc.

5. Chapter 3
Information Processing Cycle
It consists of the following components:
Input
Processing
Output
Storage
Distribution

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Basic Structure of a Computer System
The Processor
Memory
Storage
Input and Output Devices

7. Chapter 3
Network
It is the process of connecting computers
together so that they can communicate,
exchange information and pool resources.
Many businesses now use computer
networks in which every employee who need
a computer has one.

8. Chapter 3
Local Area Network
This network operates in a limited area
normally within the range of 10-15Kms.It can
be in a building or in a campus. It consists of
server and clients. The server shares its
resources to clients.

9. Chapter 3
Benefits of LAN
It allows simultaneous access to critical
programs and data
Allows people to share input/output devices,
such as printers and scanners
Streamline personnel communication with e-
mail
Maintaining backup of data and information
for future use

10. Chapter 3
Wide Area Network (WAN)
It is a combination of two or more LANs that
are connected together across a wide
geographical area.

11. Chapter 3
Information Technology Tools
Internet
World Wide Web
Intranet
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
E-learning
Decision Support Systems
Management Information Systems
Data Warehouse
On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Executive Information Systems

12. Chapter 3
Social Issues Related to Information
Technology
Complexity and Integrity
Software Piracy
Monitoring
Harassment
Employment
Privacy
Accessibility

13. Chapter 3
The amendments of Copyrights Act in
India
The rights of a copyright holder
Position on rentals of software
The rights of the user to make backup copies
The amendments imposed heavy punishment
and fines for Infringement of copyright of
software

14. Chapter 3
Exclusive Rights of Copyright Owners
A. In case of a literary, dramatic or musical work not being a
computer program,
To reproduce the work in any material form
To issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in
publication
To perform the work in public
To make any cinematographic film or sound recording in respect of
the work
To make any translation of the work
To make any adaptation of the work
To do, in relation to a translation or adaptation of the work
Cont…………

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B. In the case of a computer program,
To do any of the acts specified in (A)
To sell or give on hire, or offer for sale or
hier a copy of the computer program,
regardless of whether such copy has been
sold or given on hier on earlier occassions.

16. Chapter 3
The Copyright Notice
When authority of the Copyright owner
publishes a work, a notice of Copyright may
be placed on publicly distributed copies. A
Copyright notice consists of:
The symbol C or the word Copyright
The year of first publication
The copyright owners name

17. Chapter 3
Copyright Enforcement
If a person produces a work or any part of it without being authorized by the
copyright owner to do so, he is said to have infringed the copyright.
Tests to determine infringement as laid down by the
Supreme Court
There can be no copyright in an idea, subject matter, themes, plots or historical
or legendry facts and violation of the copyright in such cases is confined to the
form, manner and arrangement and expression of the idea by the author of the
copyrighted work.
Where same ideas are being developed in a different manner, it is manifest that
the source being common, similarities are bound to occur. In this case the court
should determine whether or not the similarities are on substantial aspects of the
mode of expression adopted in the copyrighted work.
Cont…………

18. Chapter 3
To see if the reader, spectator or the viewer after having read or seen
both the works is clearly of the opinion that the subsequent work
appears to be a copy of the original.
When the theme is the same but is presented and treated differently so
that the subsequent work becomes a completely new work, no question
of violation of copyright arises.
Apart from similarities appearing in the two works there are also
material and broad dissimilarities which negate the intension to copy
the original, no infringement of the copyright comes into existence.
As a violation of copyright amounts to an act of piracy, it must be
proved by clear evidence after applying the various tests laid down by
the case law.
Cont…………

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If a viewer after seeing a film gets a totality of
impression that the film is by and large a copy of the
original play, violation of the copyright may be said to
be proved.
There are a lot of statutory exceptions provided to
infringement in Section 52, the basic purpose of
which is to protect public interest and to encourage
the use of all things for academic or other similar
purposes.
There are three types of remedies against
infringement of copyright : Civil, Criminal and
Administrative.

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Civil Remedies
If the defendant proves that at the date of the infringement he
was not aware and had no reasonable ground for believing the
copyright subsisted in the work, the plaintiff shall not be entitled
to any remedy other than an injunction in respect on
infringement.
The court may grant authority along with his advocate to enter
the defendant’s premises and inspect for any infringement and
remove such copies for safe custody without even letting the
defendant know about this order, in order to prevent any
destruction of the infringing copies.
The period with which a suit may be filed is three years from the
date of infringement otherwise the claim will become time
barred.
A suit may be filed at a place where the cause of action arises.

21. Chapter 3
Criminal Remedies
Any infringement is punishable with a term ranging
between 7 days to 3 years and a fine of Rs.50,000/-
to Rs.2,00,000/-
Enhanced punishment is provided for second and
subsequent convictions and the minimum sentence is
1 year and minimum fine is Rs.1,00,000/-.
In case of an offence committed by a company, the
company as well as the person who at the time of the
offence responsible for the business of the company
shall be deemed to be guilty of such offence.

22. Chapter 3
Objectives of Information Technology Act
2000
Provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means
of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic
communication, commonly referred to as “electronic commerce”,
which involve the use of alternatives to paper-based methods of
communication and storage of information, to facilitate electronic
filing of documents with the Government agencies and further to
amend the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act 1872,
the Banker’s Evidence Act 1891, and the Reserve Bank of India
Act 1934, and for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto.

23. Chapter 3
Information Technology Act, 2000
Chapter lll
Electronic Governance
Legal recognition of electronic records
Legal recognition of digital signatures
Use of electronic records and digital signatures in
Government and its agencies
Retention of electronic records
Publication of rule, regulation, etc., in Electronic
Gazette

24. Chapter 3
Information Technology Act, 2000
Chapter lV
Attribution, Acknowledgement and Despatch of
Electronic Records
Attribution of electronic records
Acknowledgement of receipt
Time and place of dispatch and receipt of electronic
record

25. Chapter 3
Information Technology Act, 2000
Chapter lX
Penalties and Adjudication
Penalty for damage to computer, computer system,
etc.
Penalty for failure to furnish information return, etc.
Residuary penalty

26. Chapter 3
Information Technology Act, 2000
Chapter Xl
Offences
Tampering with computer source documents
Hacking with computer system
Publishing for information which is obscene in electronic form
Protected system
Penalty for misrepresentation
Penalty for breech of confidentiality and privacy
Publication for fraudulent purpose
Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India
Confiscation
Penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
Power to investigate offences

27. Chapter 3
Information Technology Act, 2000
Chapter Xll
Network Service Providers not to be liable in
certain cases
Network service providers not to be liable in
certain cases (Section79)

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