What the SONY Case Means for Educators.

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ERIC Number: EJ297037

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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What the SONY Case Means for Educators.

Electronic Learning, v3 n7 p24,26 Apr 1984

Analysis of the Supreme Court ruling on the SONY Betamax case regarding videotaping television programs for home use discusses major implications for schools, including what constitutes private home use and time-shifting. Ways educators can make time-shifted videotapes legally and implications for microcomputers and copying computer programs are covered. (MBR)

Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Educational Practices, Federal Courts, Microcomputers, Reprography, Television, Videotape Recorders

Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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