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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1990
This background paper reviews copyright, patent, and trade secret protections as these issues are related to computer software. Topics discussed include current issues regarding legal protection for computer software including the necessity for defining intellectual property, determining what should or should not be protected, commerical piracy,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, International Trade
Peer reviewedBillings, Roger D., Jr. – Library Trends, 1983
Comments on court cases dealing with copyrighted materials of special interest to librarians highlight Williams and Wilkins case, Sony case dealing with videocopying, computer programs and databases, government and legal materials in public domain, musical works, and four factors of Section 107 (fair use) of 1976 Copyright Law. (109 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Databases
