There is an ongoing conflict between software copyright owners and a vast majority of users who are continually finding … piracy and display consistency in the implementation of copyright protection legislation. …

U.S. intellectual property law is firmly rooted in utilitarian principles. Copyright law is viewed as a means to give … proper monetary incentives to authors for their creative effort. Many European copyright systems pursue additional goals … moral rights protection should differ across the Atlantic and whether a purely profit-based theory of copyright law is …