amsler@MOUTON.ARPA (Robert Amsler) (12/05/85)
IEEE Sortware, September 1985, pgs. 48-52. "Who Owns What Software Produces?" - by Michael C. Gemignani The specific concern here is with the ownership of the output of computer software which someone runs. In the case of output which is entirely computer-generated, without any contribution of the person who runs the program, it is not clear under existing copyright law whether the output belongs to the person who bought the software. The article primarily deals with a law review article by T. Butler (in ``Comm/Ent'' 4:2, 1982, pp. 707-747) entitled "Can a Computer Be an Author? Copyright Aspects of Artificial Intelligence")