Currently, these are hotly debated issues. Whenever a new communications medium develops, there is a risk that it will be used to deliver material which society frowns upon, such as obscene or indecent data. Computer information systems allow the distribution of this material in the forms of text , picture, and sound. Legal issues arise when these transfers contain copyrighted material for example, either text, pictures, sounds, or computer software which violates copyright law. A growing threat to computer users is the computer virus.
Privacy is another issue for users and system operators of computer information systems.
With society becoming increasingly computerized, people need to be made aware of how secure their stored data and electronic mail really is. In all of these cases, questions arise as to who is liable. All rights reserved. Reproduction is permitted so long as no charge is made for copies, no copies are placed on any electronic online service or database for which there is a fee other than a flat access charge, there is no alteration and this copyright notice is included.