Change in the Age of Technology: A New Look at Licensing and Copyright for Colleges and Universities. ERIC Digest.

Developments due to the rapid expansion of technology have resulted in recent changes to U.S. copyright law. President Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law in 1998, an action that reflects the growing interest our society, and especially higher education, is experiencing in copyright and other intellectual property issues. This digest offers a brief overview of some of the current intellectual property issues related to patents, licenses, and copyright. (JM)