UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
Copyright protection for computer programs has traditionally centered on the computer program itself. Recently, a debate has developed in the computer industry as to whether copyright protection should be expanded to cover the audiovisual screen displays generated by the programs. The author traces the development of the current law on this issue and distinguishes it from video game copyright law, in which the screen display has always been the primary object of copyright protection. The author concludes that computer program screen displays should not be registered separately, but instead should be protected under the copyright of the underlying computer program.
Recommended Citation
Laurie Zeeb Kullby,
The Copyrightability of Computer Program Screen Displays,
10 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 859
(1988).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol10/iss3/5
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