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Form Over Function – ECJ Rules On Software Copyright

Posted on Aug 3, 2012

Form Over Function – ECJ Rules On Software Copyright

Seldom does a fact bear repeating as frequently as the maxim, “There is no copyright in ideas”. And despite the regularity with which this fundamental principle of copyright law is cited, its application remains a bone of contention. Since the Statute of Anne (1710), the common antecedent of modern copyright law, this creature of statute exists exclusively for the protection of the material expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas, facts or discoveries contained in the work. For this reason, copyright protection vests at the moment a work is recorded in physical form, and only to...

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