Copyright Law 1985 (C-42), as amended.
Software copyright is a new extension of copyright law to machine-readable software. It is used by proprietary software companies to prevent the unauthorized copying of their software caca
copyright.
In IT, copyright most often applies to software, which can be protected by both copyright AND patent law. Most software-related copyright issues are addressed in detail in end user licensing agreements.
The End User Licensing Agreement specifies how copyright law applies to a program.
Computer software can be protected by both copyright law (as a literary work) and, when applicable, by patent law. In many cases, the End User Licensing Agreement carries more restrictions than copyright law would require; thus it can be viewed as contract law as well.
Technology would typically be protected by patent law, with the exception of software, which can fall under both copyright and patent.
It varies from country to country. In the US it is Title 17 of the US Code, and in Canada it is the Copyright Act 1985.
Software is one of the few things protected by both copyright law and patent law. Unless the software is freeware or shareware, or you have a license to copy it, you are limited to one installation.
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Depending on context, the answer to this could be copyright law generally, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Digital Rights Management, or any number of things.
Software is protected by copyright as a literary work.