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Sacks, Jonathan – Popular Computing, 1985
Discusses the issues of software piracy, why people illegally copy software, protection afforded software developers by copyright laws, and current and future methods of disk-based protection built into software by developers and the problems these methods have created. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Ethics
Immel, A. Richard – Popular Computing, 1984
Notes that microcomputer use in Hong Kong's small business community does not reflect the growth of its high-tech electronics industry and discusses IBM's influence in Hong Kong and Asia, the counterfeiting of Apple microcomputers and software, and why Apple currently has no recourse. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Electronics Industry, Foreign Countries
Watt, Dan – Popular Computing, 1983
Examines the educational potential of three categories of computer networks--(1) resource sharing networks for sharing expensive peripherals; (2) communication networks for transferring messages between microcomputers; and (3) interactive networks for student collaboration on multiuser tasks. Advantages and disadvantages of networking and the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers