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词条 Quaid Software
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Quaid Software, Ltd. was a software publisher based in Toronto, Ontario.[1] The company's best known product was Copywrite which company president Robert McQuaid claimed was "for making legal backup copies of a protected program."[1]

The company was the subject to a lawsuit claiming that the software was used for making illegal copies.[1] The lawsuit was dismissed because Section 117 of the US Copyright Act specifically allows:

  • the new copy is being made for archival (i.e., backup) purposes only;
  • you are the legal owner of the copy; and
  • any copy made for archival purposes is either destroyed, or transferred with the original copy, once the original copy is sold, given away, or otherwise transferred.[2]

The Court concluded that, because of federal copyright law, its provisions (Louisiana License Act) were preempted (by the US Copyright Act) and Vault's license agreement was unenforceable.

See also

  • Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pFmhH5Yv1AC&pg=PA22 | title=Software suit alleges violation of shrink-wrap law | work=Computerworld | date=24 June 1985 | accessdate=16 January 2013 | author=Warner, Edward | pages=22}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-digital.html|title=Copyright and Digital Files|author=|first=|date=|work=|accessdate=September 5, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=1}}

See also

  • Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.
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