%0 Journal Article %T FORTIFICATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND THE MENACE OF PIRACY: A PERUSAL %A ASHUTOSH BAIRAGI %J Golden Research Thoughts %D 2013 %I Laxmi Book Publication %R 10.9780/22315063 %X Software piracy which is commonly referred for Copyright infringement of computer software is a phenomenon prevalent worldwide and is causing huge economic loss to countries and the companies which invest a lot of time and money in producing softwares especially in developing countries like India. Despite of the fact that a number of international conventions and laws have been framed for the protection of softwares , as it is the subject matter of Intellectual property protection , the menace of software piracy still exist. The aim of this paper is to have an overview of the protections available to softwares in India , problem of software piracy and to suggest some steps that would help to curb software piracy . %K Computer software or programme %K copyright %K patent %K piracy. %U http://www.aygrt.isrj.net/UploadedData/2121.pdf