ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book. The book shows the ways in which interactions among the actors with different political, economic, and social characteristics are manifested through communicative activities within the framework of structural rules. It also shows that copyright law tends to overlook user's rights and concerns as compared to those of developers and copyright holders. At least in the copyright case law regarding computer programs, it was found that the author's and developer's rights were even more likely to be protected than those of publishers as copyright holders. Furthermore, it is critical to note that the legal arguments in copyright cases related to computer programs do not include implications regarding the marketplace, industry, or the public interest, let alone individual users. The obsession with originality in conceptions of copyright that some scholars have noted seems to be apparent in the copyright cases regarding computer programs as well.