Title: Copyright Protection in
Cyberspace: A Critical Study with Reference to Electronic Copyright
Management Systems
(ECMS)
Abstract: In
this
paper the author has tried to exhibit that the copyright
protection
of computer programmes which has though reached to the maturity
stage
but many question are yet to be answered .Thus a general overview of
copyright
protects ,followed by examination of the infringing act of copying with
regards
to computer programmes , the technological protection measures used to
access
control ,examining situations after Digital Millennium Copyright Act
,the
EU Directive .The legal backing for the technical measures , concludes
that
the technological measures used to access control mechanism may
be
appropriate answer in the light of piracy menace but whether it is on
the
cost of doctrine of fair use or rights of user, if so then
precautions
have to be taken to balance the both rights .
Author: Nehaluddin
Ahmad