Re: software and copyright law

["Jeanette B. Heath" <heathf@DREAMSCAPE.COM>]

Kathy,
It appears that I was very wrong about this.  If you saw Judy Gould's Hit
posted today it really spells it out.  I eat humble pie on this one.  I
also received this message.


Having ANY of the software on more than one computer at a time without
express permission of the copyright holder is a technical violation of
federal copyright law.  Should the SPA (Software Publishers Association)
descend on you for a software audit, that "startup stuff" will trigger
their counter for a full license of the software.  You'd better be able
to produce a license for each computer with ANY part of the software loaded.
Carol Simpson, author
Copyright for School Libraries (Linworth, 1994)

So I must be wrong and shall be very busy on monday.  I guess I'll have to
put lists on the individual computers so I can remember which ones I
installed which CD startup on.  Is this what everyone else does?  Help!

Technology will never replace librarians, but librarians who KNOW
technology will!

Mrs. Jeanette B. Heath
Library Media Specialist
Red Creek Jr./Sr. High School
Red Creek, NY 13143
Heathf@dreamscape.com