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9 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 595 (2003-2004)
Copyright and Contract: Preemption after Bowers v. Baystate

handle is hein.journals/rwulr9 and id is 603 raw text is: Copyright and Contract: Preemption After Bowers v. Baystate David A. Rice* P ro lo gu e ........................................................................................................... 59 6 I. Introduction ............................................................................................ 597 II. B ow ers v. Baystate .................................................................................. 600 III. Bowers v. Baystate Antecedents ........................................................ 604 A. Reverse Engineering of Computer Program Copy Code as a Fair Use ............................................................................ 604 B. Contractual Restriction of Computer Program Copy Use ................. 607 C. Enforceability of Shrink- Wrap License Terms Under State Contract Law ................................................................. 608 IV. Section 301 and Standard Form Shrink-Wrap License Terms ........... 614 A. Legislative Background of§ 301 ....................................................... 614 B. Section 301 and State Contract Law and Rights ................................ 615 V. Bowers, Contract and § 301 (a): A Critique and Reappraisal .................. 617 A . B ow ers and Contract ......................................................................... 617 B . B ow ers and § 301(a) ......................................................................... 620 VI. Bowers and Constitutional Preemption .............................................. 628 A. Bonito Boats and Patent Law Preemption ......................................... 628 B. Non-Statutory Copyright Preemption ................................................ 632 V II. Concluding O bservations ......................................................................... 634 595 * Professor of Law and Director of the Portuguese-American Compara- tive Law Center, Roger Williams University School of Law. © 2004 David A. Rice. The author wishes to acknowledge the work of Joshua Stockwell, RWU class of '04, who has made valuable contributions to the final product.

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