council direct legal protect comput program eec council european commun regard treati establish european econom commun articl thereof regard propos commiss cooper european parliament regard opinion econom social committe comput program present protect member state exist legisl protect exist attribut develop comput program requir invest consider human technic financi resourc comput program copi fraction cost need develop independ comput program plai increasingli import role broad rang industri comput program technolog consid fundament import commun industri develop differ legal protect comput program offer law member state direct neg effect function common market comput program differ greater member state introduc legisl subject exist differ effect remov prevent aris differ advers affect function common market substanti degre remov prevent aris commun legal framework protect comput program instanc limit establish member state accord protect comput program copyright law literari work establish protect exclus right protect person reli order author prohibit act long protect appli purpos direct term comput program includ program form includ incorpor hardwar term includ preparatori design work lead develop comput program provid natur preparatori work comput program result stage respect criteria appli determin comput program origin work test qualit aesthet merit program appli commun fulli commit promot intern standard function comput program commun work compon comput system user purpos logic physic interconnect interact requir permit element softwar hardwar work softwar hardwar user wai intend function part program provid interconnect interact element softwar hardwar gener interfac function interconnect interact gener interoper interoper defin abil exchang inform mutual inform exchang avoid doubt made clear express comput program protect idea principl underli element program includ underli interfac protect copyright direct accord principl copyright extent logic algorithm program languag compris idea principl idea principl protect direct accord legisl jurisprud member state intern copyright convent express idea principl protect copyright purpos direct term rental mean make limit period time profit make purpos comput program copi thereof term includ public lend remain scope direct exclus right author prevent unauthor reproduct work subject limit except case comput program reproduct technic program law acquir mean act load run copi program lawfulli acquir act correct error prohibit contract absenc specif contractu provis includ copi program sold act copi program perform accord intend purpos law acquir copi person comput program prevent perform act observ studi test function program provid act infring copyright program unauthor reproduct translat adapt transform form code copi comput program made constitut infring exclus right author circumst exist reproduct code translat form mean articl indispens obtain inform achiev interoper independ creat program program consid limit circumst perform act reproduct translat behalf person copi program legitim compat fair practic deem requir author righthold object except make connect compon comput system includ manufactur work except author exclus right prejudic legitim interest righthold conflict normal exploit program order remain accord provis bern convent protect literari artist work term protect life author fifti year januari year year death case anonym pseudonym work year januari year year work publish protect comput program copyright law prejudic applic case form protect contractu provis contrari articl except provid articl null void provis direct prejudic applic competit rule articl treati domin supplier refus make inform interoper defin direct provis direct prejudic specif requir commun law enact respect public interfac telecommun sector council decis relat standard field inform technolog telecommun direct affect derog provid nation legisl accord bern convent point cover direct adopt direct articl object protect accord provis direct member state protect comput program copyright literari work mean bern convent protect literari artist work purpos direct term comput program includ preparatori design materi protect accord direct appli express form comput program idea principl underli element comput program includ underli interfac protect copyright direct comput program protect origin sens author intellectu creation criteria appli determin elig protect articl authorship comput program author comput program natur person group natur person creat program legisl member state permit legal person design righthold legisl collect work recogn legisl member state person consid legisl member state creat work deem author respect comput program creat group natur person jointli exclus right own jointli comput program creat employe execut duti instruct employ employ exclus entitl exercis econom right program creat provid contract articl beneficiari protect protect grant natur legal person elig nation copyright legisl appli literari work articl restrict act subject provis articl exclus right righthold mean articl includ author perman temporari reproduct comput program mean form part load displai run transmis storag comput program necessit reproduct act subject author righthold translat adapt arrang alter comput program reproduct result thereof prejudic right person alter program form distribut public includ rental origin comput program copi thereof sale commun copi program righthold consent exhaust distribut commun copi except control rental program copi thereof articl except restrict act absenc specif contractu provis act refer articl requir author righthold comput program law acquir accord intend purpos includ error correct make back copi person comput program prevent contract person copi comput program entitl author righthold observ studi test function program order determin idea principl underli element program perform act load displai run transmit store program entitl articl decompil author righthold requir reproduct code translat form mean articl indispens obtain inform achiev interoper independ creat comput program program provid condit met act perform license person copi program behalf person author inform achiev interoper previous readili person refer subparagraph act confin part origin program achiev interoper provis paragraph permit inform obtain applic goal achiev interoper independ creat comput program interoper independ creat comput program develop product market comput program substanti similar express act infring copyright accord provis bern convent protect literari artist work provis articl interpret applic manner unreason prejudic holder legitim interest conflict normal exploit comput program articl special measur protect prejudic provis articl member state provid accord nation legisl remedi person commit act list subparagraph act put circul copi comput program know reason infring copi possess commerci purpos copi comput program know reason infring copi act put circul possess commerci purpos mean sole intend purpos facilit unauthor remov circumvent technic devic appli protect comput program infring copi comput program liabl seizur accord legisl member state concern member state provid seizur mean refer paragraph articl term protect protect grant life author fifti year death death surviv author comput program anonym pseudonym work legal person design author nation legisl accord articl term protect fifti year time comput program lawfulli made public term protect deem begin januari year abovement event member state term protect longer provid paragraph allow maintain present term time term protect copyright work harmon commun law gener articl continu applic legal provis provis direct prejudic legal provis patent right trade mark unfair competit trade secret protect semi conductor product law contract contractu provis contrari articl except provid articl null void provis direct appli program creat januari prejudic act conclud right acquir date articl final provis member state bring forc law regul administr provis compli direct januari member state adopt measur refer direct accompani refer occas offici public method make refer laid member state member state commun commiss provis nation law adopt field govern direct articl direct address member state brussel council presid poo oj oj decis april publish offici journal oj