Evolution of the view to the protection of computer programs in American court practice and its’ comparison

Akhmedov Gadzhimurad Akhmedovich

the work presents a study of the development of copyright protection in relation to computer programs in the US judicial practice, demonstrates various approaches of American courts used in determining the protection capacity of computer programs, and compares them with modern Russian judicial practice.

Keywords:copyright, computer program, American law, English law, history of law, exclusive law.