As with literary copyright infringement, the courts may focus on similarities at various levels to determine whether or not there has been copying. Replication of the look and feel of the output of the programme may not necessarily infringe copyright.<\/p>\n
It may be possible to infer direct copying at some level.\u00a0Even if there is no literal copying at any level, a court may conclude that there was copying if the overall structure, look and feel of one programme follows that of another earlier programme. The court may consider whether the common features are commonplace.<\/p>\n\n
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