Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking: Difference between revisions
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977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992) |url=https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/segaenters-accolade-9thcir1992.pdf}}</ref> | 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992) |url=https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/segaenters-accolade-9thcir1992.pdf}}</ref> | ||
*'''Sony Computer Entertainment v. Connectix Corp.''' (2000): The court affirmed that reverse engineering to create a competing product (a PlayStation emulator) was legal & transformative.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sony Computer Entm’t, Inc. v. Connectix Corp., | *'''Sony Computer Entertainment v. Connectix Corp.''' (2000): The court affirmed that reverse engineering to create a competing product (a PlayStation emulator) was legal & transformative, and that making intermediate copies of a copyrighted bios for use in software development constitutes fair use .<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sony Computer Entm’t, Inc. v. Connectix Corp., | ||
203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000 |url=https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/sony-connectix-9thcir2000.pdf}}</ref> | 203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000 |url=https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/sony-connectix-9thcir2000.pdf}}</ref> | ||