# The Proper Role of Copyright In Protecting Software-Enabled Consumer Products

The U.S. Copyright Office is undertaking a study to review the role of copyright law with respect to software-enabled consumer products. This session will explore the role of copyright law as it relates to software, including whether and how software in "everyday products" can be distinguished from other types of software, the rationale and proper scope of copyright protection for embedded software, and the need for interoperability with software embedded devices.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690183/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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