Mami Systems Case Summary

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Underscoring virtually all of the conceptual difficulties of copyright protection for computer software is an uneasy match between a legal mechanism aimed at protecting the fruits of creative labor, which has evolved for centuries around artistic and literary concepts, and devices that control a machine. It is not surprising, therefore, that prior to the enactment of the Copyright Act of 1976 and the advent of mass-marketed computers for use in homes and small businesses, the interests of program developers were protected largely by trade secrecy and by contract. Nevertheless, when Congress enacted the 1976 Act it appointed CONTU 6 to study, inter alia, the possibility of extending copyright protection to computer programs,17 while provisionally …show more content…
Among the software provided by MAI is the operating system software necessary for the computers' operation.29 Peak Computer, Inc. provides routine maintenance and ordinary repairs for computer systems. Prior to the dispute, a majority of Peak's business came from the repair of MAI computers." On March 17, 1992, MAI filed suit in district court against Peak, alleging in part that Peak's use of MAI software constituted copyright infringement and seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. MAI received a preliminary injunction that barred Peak from "infringing MAI's copyrights in any manner and from using.., or otherwise disposing of any copies or portions of copies of [certain] MAI copyrighted [programs]."3 The order also barred Peak from "maintaining any MAI computer system."33 The court subsequently granted partial summary judgment for MAI and entered a permanent injunction enjoining Peak from "copying, disseminating, selling, purchasing, distributing, loaning, or otherwise infringing MAI's copyrighted works, or any derivatives thereof."' The …show more content…
Finally, the court dismissed the possibility that Peak's use might be protected by section 117, asserting that the Peak customers did not qualify as "owners" under section

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