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Pournelle, Jerry – Popular Computing, 1984
Discussion of software license agreements implies that they actually contribute to software piracy because of their stringency and indicates that competition in the software publishing field will eventually eliminate the piracy problem. (MBR)
Descriptors: Change, Computer Software, Contracts, Copyrights
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