The issue of copyright law as it applies to the domain of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is explored. The application of copyright laws to CAI is not a simple matter of extending traditional literary practices because of the legal complications introduced by the use of computers to store and reproduce materials. In addition, CAI courseware poses some new problems for the definitions of educational usage. Some precedent CAI copyright arrangements are briefly described. The implications of copyright law for CAI facilities, academic institutions, and the evolution of CAI itself, are discussed.
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