In Message Wed, 9 Mar 1994 22:00:32 -0500, david.thomas[_at_]asb.com writes:
>
>Glenn Tenney says:
>
>U>The shrink-wrap license vision prohibiting decompilation or
>U>disassembly was found unenforceable, apparently because it was viewed
>U>as a contract of adhesion. Valut Corp v. Quaid Software Ltd., 847
>U>F.2d 255, 7 USPQ2d 1281 (5th Cir. 1988)."
No, in Vault it was held unenforceable because it was preempted by the Copyright Act. Essentially, it was a state law attempt to add to the rights of a copyright owner, impermissible under the preemption provisions of the Act.
Sheldon W. Halpern
Professor of Law
The Ohio State University College of Law
<shalpern[_at_]magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Received on Thu Mar 10 1994 - 13:21:58 GMT
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