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ERIC Number: EJ294883
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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As New Technology Booms, What Is "Fair Use" of Educational Software?
Brooks, Daniel T.
NASSP Bulletin, v68 n469 p66-74 Feb 1984
The author outlines the parts of the new Copyright Law relating to computer software and educators' responsibility to understand the law. Copyright is automatic in most computer programs, and they are protected "as one of many kinds of literary works." (MD)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Guides - General; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Copying; Copyright Law 1976; Fair Use; Serial Use; Simultaneous Use