Question 1 (a)

No mark for identifying if ethical or unethical. Max 3 for justification

Ethical

e.g.

• She could ask the author for permission

• It may be copyright free

• She might give credit to the author

• May be for personal / education use only (e.g. to learn from) / not distributed

Unethical

e.g.

• Code may be copyrighted

• Would need to get permission before using it

• Plagiarism

• Denies income / publicity to rightful owner

Candidates can discuss both sides of this (e.g. they could get 2 marks from ethical and 1 mark from unethical, or all 3 marks from unethical).

Accept other sensible ethical or unethical issues.

Question 1 (b)

1 mark per bullet

Benefits of not providing physical copies e.g.

• Less/no plastic/paper/raw materials used in manufacture // no need for packaging // less waste

• Less electrical power needed to manufacture

• No petrol used to distribute/collect

• …smaller carbon footprint

• Fewer disks need to be manufactured

• Fewer factory emissions // less pollution

• Old versions will be thrown away

 Drawbacks of still creating a physical copy (sold online) e.g.

• • Plastic/paper are used in manufacture

  • Increase in waste

  • Old versions will be thrown away

  • Uses petrol / creates emissions to distribute 

Could be read as still physically creating but not putting in shops.

Do not accept more use of computers/electricity to download.