Concerns about the threat of new technologies (audiotape and videotape recorders, photocopying machines, microcomputer disk drives) to concept of copyright are discussed, including economically important issues of how payments are made for use and copying, and whether or not owner has any control over circumstances in which copying is done. (EJS)

The Policy Statement on Network and Multiple Machine Software of the International Council for Computers in Education (ICCE) calls for cooperation between educators, software developers, and vendors in preventing software piracy. This summary includes a suggested district policy statement on software copyright. (MBR)

Focusing on nonprint materials, this article includes a general overview of copyright and detailed analyses of particular problems relating to computer programs, databases, and electronic publishing. Unique copyright aspects for each of these formats are analyzed and explained. Ninety-four references are included. (EJS)