Let me first say a few words on a personal theme. I had the privilege of being a student at our Faculty of Law of Mr. Shimron, to whose memory this conference is dedicated. I have very vivid memories of him. He taught us the course on Criminal Law, and he was a most impressive teacher. I should like to congratulate Mr. Shimron's family and Prof. Goldstein who co-operated in organizing this occasion.

When I heard the opening remarks by Judge Shalgi I made a note that I should tell the audience that the Committee for the Revision of the Copyright Law in Israel has up till now done very little with regard to computer software. However, on hearing Dr. Shalgi's following remarks I began to realise that actually our Committee had already done a lot in the context of computer software. The Committee reached a decision that it was suitable and proper for the new Copyright Law to address itself and apply its rules to computer programmes, and to list computer software among the works that are protected by copyright.