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The words "schemes or in any other form" would seem to indicate that the source code and object code of a computer programme are entitled to copyright protection.
A source code is a computer programme written in any of the several programming languages employed by computer programmers. An object code is the version of a programme in which the source code language is converted or translated into the machine language of the computer with which it is to be used. The object code is an adaptation or mechanical translation of the source code entitled to copyright protection.
3.67 In Apple Computer Inc. v. Computer Edge Pty. Ltd. [1984] FSR 481 at p. 496 (Fed CT Australia) - it was held that a computer programme consisting of a source code is original literary work. A source code is a computer programme written in any of the several programming languages employed by computer programmers. An object code is the version of a programme in which the source code language is converted or translated into the machine language of the computer with which it is to be used. It was further held that an object code is an adaptation or mechanical translation of the source code within the meaning of the copyright law and copying of the object code was an infringement of the copyright in the source code.