A Computer Programmer Created a Program and Put a Hard

A computer programmer created a program and put a hard copy of it in his desk.If that program were copied, etched on a chip, embedded in the ROM of a computer, and sold to a mass market, the programmer:

A) Would be better off to seek patent protection
B) Could claim copyright based on common law principles
C) Could not claim copyright because there is no provision in the Copyright Act nor case law that would give him protection
D) Could not claim copyright because the program would be part of a machine, which bars it from copyright protection
E) Could claim copyright because there is a provision in the Copyright Act to that effect