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Can you find one case ever where distributing an entire copyright-protected unlicensed software program was ruled fair use?
by srtjstjsj 5y ago
Can you find one case ever where distributing an entire copyright-protected unlicensed software program was ruled fair use?
- ivraatiems 5y agoSure, though it may depend on how you define "entire program". https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/a-short-history-of-the-fair-use-defense-3540274/ https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/a-short-history-of-the-fai... has a few, including Sony Computer Entm’t, Inc. v. Connectix Corp., where the entirety of the BIOS for the PlayStation was copied. I think that counts as an entire, copyright-protected, unlicensed piece of software. I suppose one could argue the BIOS were not necessarily "redistributed", depending on how you define that term, but I think it counts. There are some other examples in there as well.