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Computer software is not really like a book at all, or like anything else that
is traditionally copyrighted, such as music or plays or movies. Software is
given copyrighted protection because courts have reasoned that it is an
original expression of some information or idea. Fair enough. One aspect that
I have never seen discussed in this context, however, is that the all those
things that have traditionally been given copyright protection involve
expressions intended for humans. A book is read by people, a painting is seen
by people, a song is heard by humans.
Now, legally, this doesn't amount to a hill of beans. But maybe it should.
Why is copyright law twisted and contorted to
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