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This is a 3 page paper discussing the difference between copyright and patent and the discussion of a case involving a computer program. Copyright is an unregistered right to created works which have been fixed in some form on paper, film, electronic or sound mediums and includes creative works such as novels, databases, computer programs, song lyrics, works of art and architecture among others. A patent, however, is a regional registered right granted by the government to an inventor of a new, inventive, applicable product. Computer programs therefore fall under the area of copyright and are not to be recopied without the permission of the creator regardless of intention of use.
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creative works such as novels, databases, computer programs, song lyrics, works of art and architecture among others. A patent, however, is a regional registered right granted by the government to
an inventor of a new, inventive, applicable product. Computer programs therefore fall under the area of copyright and are not to be recopied without the permission of the creator regardless
of intention of use. Copyright is an unregistered right (unlike patents which are registered) on something that has been created and is
"fixed" in some way: for instance on paper, film, sound recording or an electronic recording on the internet (UK, 2002). It is recommended to most creators that they affix a
copyright symbol with their name and date on the product "to warn others against copying it" but is not a legal requirement in all countries to do so. The types
of works under copyright protection are: original literary works including novels, manuals, computer programs, song lyrics, newspaper articles, and databases among others; original dramatic works; original musical works; original artistic
works; works of architecture, drawings and maps; published editions of works; sound recordings on any medium; films, videos and DVDs; and broadcasts and cable programs. It is also noted that
copyright does not protect ideas but just the way the idea is expressed in a piece of work (UK, 2002). A patent, on the other hand, is a registered right
granted to the inventor of a product by a government. The right granted is for a limited time to stop others from "making, using or selling the invention without permission
of the inventor" (UK, 2003). Once a patent is granted to an inventor, the inventor becomes the owner of the property over which he or she can do with what
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