EU Pundit : Issues of the European Union: European Court of Justice Holds That Computer Program Functionality Is Not Copyrightable, but Programming Languages and File Formats may be, ECJ, EU, European Union

Friday, May 04, 2012

European Court of Justice Holds That Computer Program Functionality Is Not Copyrightable, but Programming Languages and File Formats may be, ECJ, EU, European Union

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Computer program functionality not copyrightable but programming languages and file formats may be protected by the Copyright Directive.