TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;
1. INTRODUCTION;
2. COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND COPYRIGHT LAW;
2.1 Works Protected Under Computer Software;
12.2 Tests Adopted By The Court;
2. I 2.2.1 Substantial similarity test;
2.2.2 Abstraction filtration test;
2.3 Factors Considered By The Court To Determine Copying;
2.4 Electronic Publishing;
2.4.1 Electronic Mail;
2.4.2 Internet;
3. CATEGORIES OF PIRACY;
3. 1 Commercial Piracy;
3.1.1. Reasons for piracy;
3.1.2. Methods of fighting piracy;
3.2 Corporate Piracy;
3.2.1. Past Attempts to combat corporate piracy;
3.2.2. Suggestions;
3 Softlifting;
3.3.1. Is Softlifting Fair Use;
3.3.2. Proposed solution to softlifting;
4. INTERNATIONAL TREATIES;
4.1 Berne Convention;
4.2 Universal Copyright Convention;
4.3 TRIPS;
4.3.1. Copyright Provisions of TRIPS;
4.3.2. Ineffectiveness of TRIPS;
4.4 WIPO Copyright Treaty:
5. CURRENT US APPROACH TO FIGHT GLOBAL PIRACY;
5.1 Unilateral Action;
5. 5.2 Multilateral Treaties;
5.3 Trade Sanctions;
5.3.1. The Bilateral Trade-Based Approach;
5.3.2. Trade Sanctions Have Changed Laws, not Minds;
5.4 Regional Trade Agreement;
6. POSITION IN CHINA
6.1 Software Piracy In China;
6.2 Factors Affecting Piracy In China;
6.3 China And Bilateral Agreement 301;
6.4 Proactive Remedies To Fight To Piracy;
7. POSITION IN INDIA;
7.1 Software Protection In India;
7. 7.2 Factors Affecting Piracy In India;
7.3 Indian Organisations Fighting Against Piracy;
7.4 India And Bilateral Agreement;
7.5 Suggestions To Fight Piracy;
8. ONLINE PIRACY
8.1 Modern Technology And Problems Of Enforcement In Cyberspace;
8.2 New Role For Copyright In The Modern Age;
8.3 Civil Remedies;
8.4 Technological Copyright Protection;
8.5 Contract As Control In Cyberia;
9. ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING AGAINST PIRACY;
9.1 Business Software Alliance;
9.2 The Software Publishers Association;
9.3 Alliance Against Counterfeiting And Piracy (AACP);
10. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS;
BIBLIOGRAPHY.