| Abstract: | The amendments of the French and German Copyright Acts discussed above and in my previous article (1986–1987) 1 CLSR confirm the established opinion of the world that copyright law is the most suitable means for protecting computer programs. The United States changed their law about five years ago and now the big industrial central European countries are following suit. The European market for software deserves it, as the turnover is now $1.6 billion and it is expected to be five times as much by 1989. The States Commissions in the respective countries of Scandinavia are ready with their proposals to change the copyright law too, probably during 1986. If not, Scandinavian software might suffer from inadequate protection abroad. |
