Apple Computer, Inc. v Mackintosh Computers Ltd.
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Apple Computer, Inc. v Mackintosh Computers Ltd.
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Apple Computer, Inc. v Mackintosh Computers Ltd. [1990] 2 S.C.R. 209, is a Supreme Court of Canada case on copyright law regarding the copyrightability of software. The Court found that programs within ROM silicon chips are protected under the Copyright Act, and that the conversion from the source code into object code was a reproduction that did not alter the copyright protection of the original work.
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v_Mackintosh_Computers_Ltd.
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2024-04-24T05:28:47Z
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