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Computer software is protected as a "literary work" in WTO countries, and some especially innovative applications have been awarded patents as well. A strict reading of copyright law would say that the rightsholder of the software has the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or display the software, but the End User Licensing Agreement often gives the user considerably more leeway than this.

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