On 17/February/1997, Peter Brudenall <peterb[_at_]copyright.com.au> wrote:
>
> I have recently heard that the UK has granted express rights to users
> of reverse engineering.
>
> Can anyone let me know when this was introduced, and the section of
> the Act that provides for it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This was carried into law by secondary legislation which was the UK implementation of the EU Software Copyright Directive. The secondary legislation is Copyright in Computer Software Regulations 1992, inserting various new sections into the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988
John Enser
Olswang solicitors London
www.olswang.co.uk
<jxe[_at_]olswang.co.uk>
Received on Thu Feb 20 1997 - 22:56:21 GMT
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