The issue focused on national security and military technology. The problems were technical, political and financial. In turn, government legislation may well have caused economic uncertainty in some areas.

With federal laws criminalizing illegal copyright infringement, legal experts say law enforcement agencies need to better understand their equipment's usage patterns. Law enforcement officials could use court rulings to predict what rights customers might want or expect from software they create. That way, federal judges can weigh those lawsuits against legitimate litigation by lawyers who sue people for copyright infringement.