Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This Note presents an overview of the existing legal means of protecting proprietary interests in computer software that are perceived as inadequate by the software industry. An analysis of Vault v. Quaid follows, and this Note concludes that current state-enacted shrink-wrap license enforcement acts that would supplement the existing legal means of protecting software from unauthorized copying are preempted by the federal Copyright Act, and thus software developers are left to rely on the remaining, albeit inadequate, means of protection.
First Page
531
Last Page
563
Publication Date
5-1-1988
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Mihm, Michael W.
(1988)
"The "Soft" Existing Legal Protection of Software and the Preemption of State Shrink-Wrap License Enforcement Acts,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Suggested Citation
Michael W. Mihm, Note, The "Soft" Existing Legal Protection of Software and the Preemption of State Shrink-Wrap License Enforcement Acts, 8 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 531 (1988).
