Galen B. Crow
ABSTRACT
Accompanying the rapid proliferation of personal computing has been an ambivalent attitude towards the illegal copying of commercially available software. The effects of this software “piracy” are enormous and insidious, and academia ranks as one of the worst abusers. To understand the legitimate as well as illegitimate usage of software, one must have a clear understanding of the letter and intent of the copyright law. If academia is to purge itself of software abuses, educators and administrators must set clear and visible software policies based upon the copyright law.
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- Defining educational policy on software usage in the light of copyright law
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Defining educational policy on software usage in the light of copyright law
Accompanying the rapid proliferation of personal computing has been an ambivalent attitude towards the illegal copying of commercially available software. The effects of this software “piracy” are enormous and insidious, and academia ranks as one of the ...
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