UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Carrying Copyright Too Far: The Inadequacy of the Current System of Protection for Computer Programs
Abstract
Currently available methods of legal protection are inappropriate for software. Because copyright law developed long before the advent of computer programs, it does not take into consideration the specialized needs of the new technology. This Note examines the way copyright law was manipulated to address early problems in software protection, and the problems which result when these rules are applied to recent, more complicated cases. The Note then proposes a new system of legal protection for computer programs.
Recommended Citation
Virginia R. Lyons,
Carrying Copyright Too Far: The Inadequacy of the Current System of Protection for Computer Programs,
12 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 81
(1989).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol12/iss1/4
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