http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-67054/sciencedirect:acceptable-protection-of-software-intellectual-property:a-survey Posts in the discussion thread "ScienceDirect: Acceptable protection of software intellectual property: a survey" - The article reports the results of a survey on the optimal legal way to protect developers' rights to their intellectual property in the US. Two groups were incorporated: software developers and attorneys. The majority of both groups favor copyright as the legal method, but attorneys prefer patenting with a longer protection period. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-67054#post-193889 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-67054/sciencedirect:acceptable-protection-of-software-intellectual-property:a-survey#post-193889 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:11:18 +0000 zoobab 2946 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VD0-3TTCD4S-4&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=e9459821eafd00b01c7a2acbc23cee9f

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