Software piracy and responsibilities of educational institutions

✍ Scribed by Jin H. Im; Clifford Koen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 680 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7206
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7206(90)90039-k

✦ Synopsis

Use of microcomputers

for educational purposes has increased enormously, but heavy dependency on microcomputers exposes several issues to educational institutions. One of them is legal responsibility for software piracy by faculty, staff, and students, This paper addresses the current situation of software piracy in educational institutions, laws for software protection, and responsibilities of educational institutions.