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Protection for proprietary software has implications for innovation and competition in the computer industry

Software protection has immense importance for software developers and the computer industry. The ability to protect ideas and concepts that hold important value is pivotal for companies when justifying investment into researching new ideas. But how does software protection affect innovation and competition and does current protection effectively address special issues that are unique to the computer industry (Lessig, L 2002)?