treatise on copyright, Copinger and Skones James on
copyright (1999 Edn.) has defined copyright as; 'Copyright
gives the owner of the copyright ... described as a program, or series of
programs, containing instructions for a computer required
either for the operational processes of the computer itself
(operational software
right to use of the AdWords program, which is a complex computer program
without parting with the copyright, thus granting licence to use the software ... computer program, or just a program, is a sequence of instructions,
written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs
program
is categorized as copyright in India and therefore software-computer
program is copyrighted and copyright vests with the foreign supplier.
However, substance ... computer program is done by a lawful possessor of a copy of such
computer programme, the same would not constitute infringement of
copyright and wherefore
nature of
computer programs. They allow the user to copy the
program, for example onto the user's computer hard drive or
for archival ... copyright.
However, the copyright laws of many countries
automatically grant this right to the owner of software
which incorporates a computer program. Regardless of
whether
copyright right" and a "copyrighted article" Copyright is
distinct from the material object, copyrighted. Copyright is
an intangible incorporeal right ... operate the program. The
rights transferred are specific to the nature of computer
programs. Copying the program onto the computer's hard
drive
copyright right" and a "copyrighted article".
Copyright is distinct from the Material object, copyrighted.
Copyright is an intangible incorporeal right ... operate the program. The rights
transferred are specific to the nature of computer programs.
Copying the program onto the computer's hard drive
only acquired a copy of the copyrighted
article i.e "Blaze advisor" software, the copyright of which had remained with ... merely purchased a copy of the
copyrighted article viz. a computer program i.e "Blaze advisor" software. On
the basis of the aforesaid
licence in respect of copyright. Copyright or even right to use
copyright is distinguishable from sale consideration paid for "copyrighted" article. This
sale ... operate the program. The rights transferred are specific to the nature of
computer programs. Copying the program onto the computer's hard drive
right of use of copyright. Whereas
use of copyright encompasses exploitation of the rights embedded in a
copyright, a mere user right is a limited ... copyright but the payment would be towards use of copyrighted
article;
4. Under the Indian Copyright Act , a mere transfer of a computer
programme
said to be a payment for "process"
as a computer program is nothing but a set of instruction lying in the
passive state ... provisions of s. 2(ffc) of the Indian
Copyright Act, 1957, a computer program, i.e. software, has been defined
