creator Snapper, John W. Discusses reasons for against copyrighting computer software programs. Reasons against include the potential for holding back scientific discoveries. Though the labor that goes into creating computer programs does seem to create property rights, the principle of free thought seems to override this right. The author discusses some of the problems that exist in copyright, trade secret, and patent law and discusses why these laws should be changed to discourage secrecy so they do not interfere with free thought. Submitted by Kelly Laas (laas@iit.edu) on 2011-10-05T20:41:05Z No. of bitstreams: 3 license_rdf: 23631 bytes, checksum: 0ebfb63a28ea1d6f51b802c66ebf651c (MD5) license_text: 23084 bytes, checksum: 24f8f2abcc0a604d988d82a6620de1dd (MD5) Ownership_of.pdf: 3045144 bytes, checksum: a1a6356cff1bbf90a883f5d8bf399f4b (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-10-05T20:41:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 license_rdf: 23631 bytes, checksum: 0ebfb63a28ea1d6f51b802c66ebf651c (MD5) license_text: 23084 bytes, checksum: 24f8f2abcc0a604d988d82a6620de1dd (MD5) Ownership_of.pdf: 3045144 bytes, checksum: a1a6356cff1bbf90a883f5d8bf399f4b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1981-12-09 Presented at a meeting of the Collegiate Institute for Values and Science, University of Michigan, December 9, 1981 2006 1981 1981-12-09

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en Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT intellectual property computer software ethics Presentation born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access CSEP / Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:10205