Worksheet - SIIA Anti-Piracy Efforts (part 1)
Browse the SIIA web site www.siia.net and answer the following questions.
What legal rights does the owner of a copyright have?
What does it mean to infringe a copyright?
Summarize in premise-conclusion from the argument for why
"everyone benefits from a healthy computer software industry."
When you purchase software, what rights to make copies do you automatically
have independent of the license agreement?
What properties of software make it especially prone to copying
in violation of copyright law?
What is the maximum penalty for a criminal conviction for
copyright infringement?
What is the purpose of the Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990?
How valid is the analogy between software and textbooks?
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