Software Patent/Copyright Issues in Peru :: Technology Computers Essays

Softwargon Patent/ secure Issues in PeruSoftware Patent/Copyright issues are a global concern. Information Technology developments in the last ten historic period have brought innovation in both Software and Hardware. The wind of the Internet and its users around the instauration is stretching the frontiers. But these advances in Information Technology came with the easy way to copy software illegally. My research will be focused on the laws that protect the intellectual property in Peru and their effect globally. I will analyze the issue from an ethical perspective in how these laws are right or wrong and my personal opinion for a solution of the problem from different approaches.Peru and the GlobalizationI left my country five years ago. When I came here I got my first computer. I didnt buy one in Peru because I was scared that someone could steal it from my house. My cousins PC was stolen twice (each time a new PC) from her house. By 1992, after terrorism, the delinquency incre ased considerable in Lima, capital of Peru. A third world country faces different kinds of problems, but the top one is economical. The resources are limited and one of the most important tools for a country as for a orphic company is its investment in Research and Development to grow.Software Patent/Copyright laws in Peru INDECOPIPeru has a government institute, the National Institute for the Defense of ambition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI). The following laws are exclusive for softwareJurisprudence / Features Features upon the use of computer programs (software)1.It is allowed to use software brought from another country with the like license, but cannot be commercialized without the dictum of the holder of the right of author.The allowed user has the right to install the program on the hard disk for its effective use. each reproduction or utilization of software without having the corresponding license granted by the holder of the right of author o r his representative is considered illicit and passive for sanction administrative and/or judicial. The computers that sell itself with the software incorporated have to be delivered with the manual, respective licenses of use and backups containing the program. The software cannot be utilized in a greater number of computers that the authorized in the respective license. In the case of networks it is required to count the licenses for all the machines that utilize the software. It is illicit to rent software without the authorization of the holder of the right of author.