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Re: copyrighting algorithms
Hi,
From: Bill Trost <[email protected]>
>
>Wolfgang Roeckelein writes:
> >I wasn't aware that you could copyright an algorithm. Patent,
> >yes, but not copyright. Intellectual property meens secret,
> >right? Aren't there any precendence cases involving propriety
> >schemes that are reverse engineered?
>
> Game cartridges (I think sega was involved)
>
>You might be referring to Nintendo vs. Galoob, which was used as a
>sample case in an January 1994 article in the Communications of the
>ACM titled "Copyright's Fair use Doctrine and Digital Data". The
>article states
No, I was referring to a case, where a third party game cartridges manufacturer
reverse engineered the specifications of the game cartridges slot for producing
his own cartridges for this game.
Unfortunatly, I have lost the reference and the names of the companies, but
this is the main case cited when it comes to reverse engineering propriety
schemes. Maybe I can dig this out, or another member of the list has details
available.
Wolfgang
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