SuffolkLITLabTL;DR: The Ninth Circuit ruled that software updates designed for interoperability are not automatically considered derivative works under copyright law, protecting developers from undue legal claims by major corporations. This decision is a victory for innovation and competition in the tech industry. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/ninth-circuit-gets-it-interoperability-isnt-automatic-first-step-liability #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
Ninth Circuit Gets It: Interoperability Isn’t an Automatic First Step to Liability
A federal appeals court just gave software developers, and users, an early holiday present, holding that software updates aren’t necessarily “derivative,” for purposes of copyright law, just because they are designed to interoperate the software they update. This sounds kind of obscure, so let’s...