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e-Commerce Docket Sheet

By Julian S. Millstein, Edward A. Pisacreta and Jeffrey D. Neuburger
July 31, 2006

Hard Disk Imaging of Licensed Software to
 Enable 'Broadest Authorized Use' Is Not Fair Use

The use of hard-disk imaging to install licensed software on computers in excess of the number of paid-for licenses is not protected by fair use, even where the licensee alleged that it limited simultaneous user access to the software's functionality to the number of paid-for licenses. Wall Data, Inc. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, No. 03-56559, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 12100 (9th Cir. May 17, 2006).

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