FORTIFICATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND THE MENACE OF PIRACY: A PERUSAL

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 .