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 numerous software programs available for easy, low-cost copying raise ethical questions. The problem can be examined from the viewpoints of software users, teachers, authors, vendors, and distributors. Software users might hesitate to purchase or use software which prevents the making of back-up copies for program protection. Teachers in…