down software development and reduces competition.

From the first computer as we know them, the ENIAC, computer software has

important. From thousands of bytes on miles of paper to millions of bytes on a thin piece

sandwitched between two pieces of plastic, software has played an important part in the

have most likely played an important role in all our lives, from making math easier with

having money on the go with ATM machines. However, with all the help that has been

haven't done anything for software and the people who write it. Software by nature is

defenseless, as it is more or less simply intellectual property, and not a physical thing,

easily copied. Copied software does not make money for its creators, and thus they

not copied, and the whole industry inflates.

There are two categories of intellectual property. The first one is composed of

and films,which are covered by copyright. Inventions and innovations are covered by

copyrights lasted 7 years until I read this. I asked 15 people in a chat room on the

hardware for the DVD player that will make them incompatible with VCRs (the easiest

should know whats on it. However, if you had ever run a BBS before, which I do, you'd

software functions comes serious problems. The latest new technology, be it ray-tracing

however, to copy a book would take time. You would have to type u!

knew about software protection laws, and only one of them knew that software could be

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