Re: Reclassification - Wordperfect

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Copyright does indeed apply to software, since the Copyright Act applies to
any original work that is "fixed in a tangible medium."  Data may *not* be
covered if it lacks the requisite originality.

"Arkain" <rwking@no.usa.spam.net> wrote in message
news:398b269e$1@hal.grnco.net...

> > Alas, the Copyright Act says nothing about "*still sold &/or
> > supported*".  Perhaps it should, but it protects EVERYTHING.
> > So yes, your really ARE a pirate.  Tough Beans.
>
> Not quite true. Read the copyright law more scrutinizingly and you will
see
> that only printed media, audio media, and data are covered in this law.
> There are no provisions in the copyright law to handle the peculiar case
of
> software.