Abstract
Copyright protection has been applied to computer software since 1976, when Congress amended the federal copyright statutes. Since then, legal scholars and computer experts have criticized the compatibility of copyright, designed to protect traditional forms of authored works, and its expansion into new technologies. These criticisms are bolstered by courts' contradictory application of even the most basic copyright principles to computer software. Such uncertainty arguably impedes innovation in computer software.
Recommended Citation
Hill, Teresa
(1999)
"Fragmenting the Copyleft Movement. The Public Wll Not Prevail,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1999:
No.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1999/iss3/8
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