Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:22:31 -0500 | From | Chris Adams <> | Subject | Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] |
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Once upon a time, Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com> said: > Sometimes. If you sit down with product A and use it in the process > of creating product B which does what product A does, the courts have > held that you can't copy look-and-feel for example.
Please site a successful ruling to that effect. In the two most well-known look-and-feel court cases, Apple lost their suit against Microsoft, and Lotus lost theirs (on appeal) against Borland.
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