Micro Law: a guardedly cheerful note-for a change [computer program copyright]

The past and current trends in court decisions concerning computer programs and their copyrights are reviewed. The court decisions discussed are Whelan Associates Inc. vs. Jaslow Dental Laboratory Inc.; CADAM vs. Adra; CADAM vs. Adage; Lotus Development Corp. vs. Paperback Software International; Computer Associates International Inc. vs. Altai Inc.; Brown Bag Software vs. Symantec Corp.; Sega Enterprises Ltd. vs. Accolade Inc.; and Atari Games Corp. vs. Nintendo of America Inc. >