Legal Opinion
Advanced Computer Services of Michigan, Inc. v. Mai Systems Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 3, 1994No. Civ. A. 93-667-APublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
I
Does the act of transferring a copyrighted software program from a computer’s hard drive or permanent memory to its random access memory (“RAM”) amount to the making of a “copy” under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (“the Act”), so as to constitute infringement of the software copyright?
This important question, undecided in this circuit, is central to the disposition of the summary judgment motions at bar in this copyright and anti-trust action. Many of the other questions raised by the motions depend significantly on the resolution of this…
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