Game Over for Reverse Engineering?: How the DMCA and Contracts Have Affected Innovation

Authors

• Craig Zieminski

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Engineers today face a diminished ability to reverse engineer, due to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and developments in contract law. This Article will illustrate and explore the shift by comparing software lawsuits from the 1990s and 2000s.

In an effort to facilitate efficient research by practitioners, I have endeavored to separate my normative discussion from an objective overview of the legal landscape. Part II lays out this legal landscape, while Part IV provides commentary.

Recommended Citation

Craig Zieminski, Game Over for Reverse Engineering?: How the DMCA and Contracts Have Affected Innovation, 13 J. Tech. L. & Pol'y (2008).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jtlp/vol13/iss2/6