The court affirmed that the representation on the screen/printouts they saw weren't copyrightable. Can't argue with that.
They should have stressed that they copyrighted the raw data file (1's, 0's, etc.), which was clearly an original work based off the physical object.
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The court affirmed that the representation on the screen/printouts they saw weren't copyrightable. Can't argue with that. They should have stressed that they copyrighted the raw data file (1's, 0's, etc.), which was clearly an original work based off the physical object.