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Re: [dvd-discuss] Court Sides With Geac in Mainframe Software Case

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Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Court Sides With Geac in Mainframe Software Case
From: "D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>
Date: 14 Oct 2002 19:33:44 -0700
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On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 13:34, Dean Sanchez wrote:
> Did anyone notice the outcome of this case?  The Appeals court is basically stating that modifying code for interoperability is copyright infringement.  We don't want to have any of the "promoting progress" nonsense getting in the way of corporate profits, do we?  Everyone should know by now that reverse engineering is bad, bad, bad!
> 
> 
> http://computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,74888,00.html

No comments on whether Grace intends to appeal to the USSC.
Given the nature of the case, it looks like a natural.  The
issues are less muddy than with some of the others we discuss
here.

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