poses. Any written material (including
             computer programs) fixed in a tangible form (written somewhere i.e.
             printout) is considered copyrighted without any additional action on
             the part of the author. Therefore, it is not necessary that a copy of
             the software program be deposited with the Copyright Office in
             Washington, D.C. for the program to be protected as copyrighted.
             With that in mind then a copyright is a property right only. In order
             to prevent anyone from selling your software programs, you must ask a
             court (federal) to stop that person by an injunction and to give you
             damages for the injury they have done to you by selling the program.
             The Software Rental Amendments Act Public Law 101-650) was
             approved by Congress in 1990, this Act prohibits the commercial
             rental, leasing or lending of software without the express written
             permission of the copyright holder. An amendment to Title 18 to the
             United States Code was passed by Congress in 1992. This amendment.
             Known as Public Law 102-561 made software piracy a federal
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