package 100 invokes the rfid reader 158 to read the product installation and licensing key 114 from the rfid tag 110 without the licensee having to read and manually enter the product installation and licensing key 114 as shown in fig3 b the rfid reader 158 decodes the product installation and licensing key 114 the installation manager then extracts the unique identification 114 a product identification 114 b and licensee information 114 c and creates an installation hash or signature isig 116 the installation hash or signature isig 116 is a secure file stored in the computer and is used to verify the copyright and licensing of the software package 100 these verifications will be clearer when the installation and execution of a software package according to the present invention is described in fig4 an advantage of the present copyright protection and licensing system is that the product installation and licensing key 114 is in an electronic form and cannot be visually read by storing the product installation and licensing key 114 in the memory chip 118 of the rfid tag 110 the present invention helps to enforce software copyright protection in addition users are prevented from installing unauthorised copies of the software in separate machines thus enforcement of software licensing becomes more effective further with the line of weakness and or the thin backing on the rfid tag 110 these features help to discourage a licensee from tampering with the rfid tag 110 after it is attached to the casing 150 of a computer 39 s cpu fig4 illustrates an installation process 200 of.