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Contract Case Could Hurt Reverse Engineering

Posted by michael on from the ties-that-bind dept.

An anonymous reader writes "InfoWorld has an article about how a 'U.S. Supreme Court decision could call into question a common practice among software companies: studying competitors' products to improve their own offerings.'"

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  1. the power of EULA... by 5prite · · Score: 0, Redundant
    the Supreme Court's lack of action could embolden other software companies to prohibit reverse engineering or take away other fair use rights allowed under copyright law by including such prohibitions in an end user license agreement
    that is horrible, why that EULA which I have never signed by me (just checked on that little I agree radio button) has given so much power, even to override copyright laws? Does this implicates that manufacturer can put ANY terms in the EULA? imagine this:
    10. all your base belongs to us when you have installed software
    and then the salesman of the software company knock the door of you home and say: 'all your base belongs to us, hands up!'