Copyrightability of Computer Programmes as Literary Works

Introduction : Software is often described as a technical product, but copyright law approaches it through its expressive form. A computer programme is made up of instructions written in source code, translated into object code and executed by a computer to produce a result. The fact that code performs a functional operation does not remove it from copyright protection. The legal question is whether the code constitutes an original expression fixed in a legally recognisable form. Indian...