Current copright and patent laws are inapropriate for computer software; their imposition slows down software development and reduces competition. From the first computer as we know them, the ENIAC, computer software has become more and more important. From thousands of bytes on miles of paper to millions of bytes on a thin piece of tin foilsandwitched between two pieces of plastic, software has played an important part in the world. Computers have most likely played …showed first 75 words of 2653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2653 total…wrote something that did something similar, it would be back to who wrote something more powerful than the other guy, and that's what makes the industry great, competition. Oh, and I'd like to add that I broke copyright law a total of 13 times in the making of this report, when I made a copy of each reference with the school copying machine (James 16), although it was fair use, so I'm not in any trouble (Ruth).