Legal Definition of SW
(part of Software Legal Relations lecture
held 6th
October 2010)
MVV59K Software Law
2 Lecturer
Mgr. Jaromír Šavelka
Institute of Law and Technology
Faculty of Law
Masaryk University
Room no. s61 (office hours Tue 14:30 – 16:30)
Email: jaromir.savelka@law.muni.cz
Phone: +420 549 495 377
ICQ: 279544589
3 1st
LEVEL
• Individuals, Persons ???
• Rights and Obligations ???
• Objects !!!
Nowadays answer is easy, but consider AI
or coding as legal regulation!
4 2nd
LEVEL
• Goods ???
• Services ???
… perhaps
BOTH
5 3rd
LEVEL a)
Software as goods:
• Tangible
– Real property
– Personal property
• Intangible
– Other assets (e. g. money, shares, intellectual
property)
IMPORTANT ???
6 3rd
LEVEL b)
Software as services