This book deals comprehensively with the question of the scope
of copyright protection for computer programs. Offering a unique
blend of scholarship, technical rigor, and readability, it dispels
the confusion and controversy that surround the application of
copyright law to computer programs. Through an orderly development
of facts and analysis it shows why the copyright law is the
appropriate regime for software protection and explains the nature
of copyright protection for software. Alternating between essay
format and case study, the book provides expert counsel to those
interested in this interface between technology and law. "Software,
Copyright, and Competition: The Look and Feel' of the LaW," is
undoubtedly one of the best pieces of legal scholarship in any
subject this editor has ever had the pleasure to read. As to its
subject matter, it is the best analysis of look and feel' written
to date. . . . The book is very readable. Not only does the author
explain' the law for the non-lawyer, but he explains the zen' of
computer programming to the non-programmer. With wit and insight he
puts to rest the many old wives tales the legal community believes
about programmers. . . . In the best of all possible worlds, this
book would be mandatory reading for any judge or arbitrator faced
with a look and feel' case. "The Software Law Bulletin," January
1990
Two forces, innovation and imitation, fuel the intense
competition that underlies the dramatic technological progress
taking place in the computer industry. As the competitive
battleground shifts increasingly to the software sector, a vigorous
debate has arisen over whether the principal legal regime for
protecting the asset value of computer programs--the copyright
law--encourages or inhibits that competition. Industry executives,
computer lawyers, law professors and lawmakers alike are
participating in the debate, the outcome of which will quite
literally shape the future of the computer industry.
This book deals comprehensively with the question of the scope
of copyright protection for computer programs. Offering a unique
blend of scholarship, technical rigor, and readability, it dispels
the confusion and controversy that surround the application of
copyright law to computer programs. Through an orderly development
of facts and analysis it shows why the copyright law is the
appropriate regime for software protection and explains the nature
of copyright protection for software. Alternating between essay
format and case study, the book provides expert counsel to those
interested in this interface between technology and law.
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