> Just like it is not legal to do copyright infringement indifferent to how much you own the hardware you do it on. Sony Computer Entertainment v. Connectix Co

> Just like it is not legal to do copyright infringement indifferent to how much you own the hardware you do it on. Sony Computer Entertainment v. Connectix Corp. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7166769136737271634 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=716676913673727... > The object code of a program may be copyrighted as expression, 17 U.S.C. § 102(a), but it also contains ideas and performs functions that are not entitled to copyright protection. See 17 U.S.C. § 102(b). > Object code cannot, however, be read by humans. > The unprotected ideas and functions of the code therefore are frequently undiscoverable in the absence of investigation and translation that may require copying the copyrighted material. > We conclude that, under the facts of this case and our precedent, Connectix's intermediate copying and use of Sony's copyrighted BIOS was a fair use for the purpose of gaining access to the unprotected elements of Sony's software.