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5 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 291 (1994-1996)
Reverse Engineering of Copyrighted Software: Fair Use or Misuse?

handle is hein.journals/albnyst5 and id is 299 raw text is: COMMENTS REVERSE ENGINEERING OF COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE: FAIR USE OR MISUSE? TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ..................................... 291 II. The Process of Reverse Engineering ............... 294 III. The Fair Use Defense ............................ 297 A. The Sega v. Accolade Decision ................ 298 1. The Purpose and Character of the Use ... 300 2. The Effect on the Potential Market ...... 302 3. The Nature of the Copyrighted Work .... 303 4. The Extent of Work Copied ............. 304 B. The Atari v. Nintendo Decision ............... 304 IV. Confusion Remaining After Sega and Atari: Weak- nesses in the Fair Use Analysis .................... 308 A. Substantial Similarity: An Independent Cause of A ction ................ ...................... 309 B. The Effect of the Commercial Presumption .... 310 V. The Copyright Misuse Defense .................... 312 A. Historical Foundations: Patent Misuse ......... 313 B. Extension to Copyright Misuse ............... 315 C. Copyright Misuse in Reverse Engineering Cases 316 V I. C onclusion ...................................... 319 I. INTRODUCTION In the world of computer software, compatibility is essential. It opens the world up to an increased number of users and expands the possible applications of the software. When this compatibility

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