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LaFrance on Distinguishing between Sales and Licenses of Software
Posted on 19 Oct 2010 by Mary LaFrance

As digital media overtake more traditional publication means, disputes over the distinction between sales and licenses of copyrighted materials are more frequent. Disputes involving software have dominated, but the distinction is also problematic with... Read More

Tags: copyright sales , software , Copyright Licensing , digital media

LaFrance on Copyright and Circumvention Claims Arising from Use of Third Party Software to "Cheat" in Online Games: MDY Indus., LLC v. Blizzard Ent., Inc., 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 25424 (Dec. 14, 2010)
Posted on 30 Dec 2010 by Mary LaFrance

By Mary LaFrance In MDY Indus., LLC v. Blizzard Ent., Inc. , 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 25424 (Dec. 14, 2010), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available from lexisONE Free Case Law ] , a case arising out of the... Read More

Tags: online games , computer software , Mary LaFrance , World of Warcraft , circumvention claims , third party software , Copyright Infringement , Copyright Licensing , copyright claims , MDY Indus. v. Blizzard Ent.

LaFrance on Distinguishing between Sales and Licenses of Software
Posted on 19 Oct 2010 by Mary LaFrance

As digital media overtake more traditional publication means, disputes over the distinction between sales and licenses of copyrighted materials are more frequent. Disputes involving software have dominated, but the distinction is also problematic with... Read More

Tags: copyright sales , software , Copyright Licensing , digital media

LaFrance on Copyright and Circumvention Claims Arising from Use of Third Party Software to "Cheat" in Online Games: MDY Indus., LLC v. Blizzard Ent., Inc., 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 25424 (Dec. 14, 2010)
Posted on 30 Dec 2010 by Mary LaFrance

By Mary LaFrance In MDY Indus., LLC v. Blizzard Ent., Inc. , 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 25424 (Dec. 14, 2010), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available from lexisONE Free Case Law ] , a case arising out of the... Read More

Tags: online games , computer software , Mary LaFrance , World of Warcraft , circumvention claims , third party software , Copyright Infringement , Copyright Licensing , copyright claims , MDY Indus. v. Blizzard Ent.