Now HERE is something you do not see every day... Not only is a Microsoft attorney arguing before the Supreme Court that source code and object code ARE NOT PATENTABLE, but he also goes on to argue that software is not really "software" until it has been loaded onto a computer. Does this mean that it is open season to copy all those Windows CD's, since they are not really "software" until loaded onto a computer? And then that makes you wonder...what is the RIAA and MPAA getting all up in arms about with people copying music or movies? I mean...come on...how can music or movies BE music or movies before they are loaded onto a player? http://www.betanews.com/article/Supreme_Court_Debates_Patentability_of_Software/1172097039 The best part is...if you read the transcript, now the Supreme Court Justices are contemplating ruling on the patentability of software! Lawyers argue the darndest things...
Well...even if you skip the "tongue-and-cheek" question I asked...there ARE still copyright laws to be contended with...