Considers problems involving copyright, intellectual property, and licensing when using multimedia materials on the Web for educational presentations. Discusses the fact that the copyright code is based on print; educators producing work themselves based on other sources; fair use; and possible congressional action to address digital use of…

The 1980 Amendments (P.L. 95-517) to the updated Copyright Law of 1976 contain two major provisions pertaining to computers. First, only one copy of the master copy of a piece of software may be legally duplicated--the backup copy made by the owner for archival purposes. Second, the only other legal copy of the master copy owned by the user is…