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> procedure, process, system, method of operation That very much sounds like code, which is indeed copyrightable.
by legulere 6y ago
> procedure, process, system, method of operation
That very much sounds like code, which is indeed copyrightable.
- michaelmrose 6y agoBecause large amounts of money ride on reaching the questionable conclusion in question. In any case courts have consistently been finding code to be copyrightable and machines not.
- taneq 6y agoWell, the procedure, processes, systems etc. aren't copyrighted. That's what software patents are trying to lock down. The original source code (which is the document / 'artwork'), however, is. I can see a case for the object code not being copyrightable, though, since it fits the above description. I think there's a clause in the copyright laws about 'mechanically derived' things being covered by the same copyright as the original (so, say, a print of a book is covered by the original manuscript's copyright) and that object code fits under this.