Intellectual Property in Computing: (How) Should Software Be Protected? An Industry Perspective

Abstract

The future of the software industry is today being shaped in the courtroom. Most discussions of intellectual property to date, however, have been frames as debates about how the existing law-promulgated long before the computer revolution-should be applied to software. This memo is the transcript of a panel discussion on what forms of legal protection should apply to software to best serve both the industry and society in general. After addressing that question we can consider what laws would bring this about.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA259599

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  • Michael Ernst

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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