YOUR FINAL EXAM

This is a take-home exam. You are free to discuss and/or confer among yourselves, but you must do your final submission yourself.

Please submit TWO COPIES of your final answers, which must be typewritten, using size 12 Times New Roman font, and double-spaced with 1-inch margin on all sides. The total number of pages of your entire submission should not exceed twelve (12) pages. Failure to comply with these restrictions will result in penalties on your grade.

You must submit your answers on or before 12:00 noon on March 20, Friday at the Dean’s office. One point will be deducted for each minute over this deadline.


I. (40%)

The success of Barack Obama in harnessing the Internet to propel himself to the White House has generated a lot of interest in replicating the same here in the Philippines. Can it be done here? Why or why not? How can you run an Internet campaign on the cheap in the Philippines?


II. (40%)

Find two recent news articles that illustrate the challenges posed by new technologies, particularly the Internet, to laws that currently govern intellectual property rights. Discuss in the context of the Philippines. Why are intellectual property rules/rights more difficult to enforce? Do we need new laws or rules to address these challenges? What are the policy implications?


III. (20%)

Write a short feature article on any other ICT-related policy topic (except intellectual property rights) that interests you.