ITPEC FE Morning October 2022 Question 80
ITPEC FE Morning October 2022 — Question 80 of 80
The WTO's TRIPS Agreement protects computer programs as literary works under copyright law. This protection covers both source programs (human-readable code) and object programs (compiled binary code), regardless of form.
Why not others:
- (a) Algorithms and programming languages are explicitly NOT protected — TRIPS protects expression, not ideas or methods.
- (b) There is no distinction between application and system software; OS programs are equally protected. The "hardware cost" reasoning is fabricated.
- (d) This is backwards — documents merely describing algorithms lack protection, while the programs implementing them are protected.
Key rule: TRIPS protects the expression (source + object code), not the idea (algorithms, languages, concepts).
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