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"Digital Law (back) Now take a right turn down the road of "digital law." You probably find it easy to locate and download material from the Internet. It's second nature to Digital Natives like you! However, you may not know what is appropriate or inappropriate, legal or illegal when using the Internet. Digital Law is defined as the electronic responsibility for actions, deeds which is either ethical or unethical. It deals with the ethics of technology and is concerned with what you are and are not allowed to do while surfing and using the Internet Ethical use of the Internet means being a law-abiding Digital Citizen. Unethical use of the Internet involves committing theft and/or crime. It's important for you to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people's work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are certain rules of our society that we must obey. These laws apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading music or movies illegally, plagiarizing, creating destructive worms, viruses, sending spam, or stealing anyone's identify or property is unethical."