*5th semester, Master of Computer Applications, VIAT, Muddenahalli, Karnataka
**BBA. LL.B., LL.M., PGDHRM
Online published on 27 February, 2018.
Software is an intellectual property which is per se copyrightable in India unlike patentable in other countries of the world. They Copyright Act, 1957 governs the issues of software copyright in India. Computer program are literary works under the definitions part in the Act. This paper analyses the need for software protection and why are softwares copyrighted in India and not patented.
Software, patent, copyright, program
