Q. What is the most extreme example of reverse engineering for the purpose of developing a competing product?

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Q. What is a more relevant and ethical kind of reverse engineering in a competing product situation?

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Q. What is the purpose of copyright laws?

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Q. What is the fine line between stealing a competitor’s code and reimplementing it?

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Q. What is considered a violation of copyright law in software development?

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Q. How does copyright law affect the process of reverse engineering a competitor’s code?

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Q. Why have opponents of reverse engineering claimed that the process violates copyright law?

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Q. What is fair use in the context of intermediate copying?

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Q. Which court cases have considered intermediate copying to be fair use?

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Q. Why was intermediate copying considered fair use in the court cases?

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Q. What are the two primary options for protecting the unique aspects of a new technology?

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Q. What is the benefit of patenting a new technology?

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Q. What is a trade secret?

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Q. What are the main catches for inventors when filing a patent?

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Q. Does having a trade secret protect the owner in cases where a competitor reverse engineers the owner’s product?

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Q. What is the purpose of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?

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Q. What does the DMCA protect against?

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Q. What is prohibited under the DMCA?

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Q. What is a keygen?

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Q. Does the DMCA apply to all types of copyrighted software?

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