The EmuFAQ - Credits and Sources

Emulation: Right or Wrong?
aka "The EmuFAQ"

FINAL EDITION

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the following individuals, groups, organizations, firms, companies, and corporations for their aid in providing additional information and insights concerning their knowledge of emulation and their relationship with the emulation community. This document is solely the work of the author, and should not be interpreted as the official stance on emulation as held by those named below. Their opinions and policies do not necessarily agree with those of the author; however, they have been kind enough to help the author in his research, and he remains grateful for their assistance.

Individual contributors: Mike Blair, Chuck Cochems, Omar Cornut, Brad Levicoff, Franklin Nixon, Christian Schiller, Steve Snake, Joseph Sullivan, Brad Taylor, Harry Tuttle, Andy Wolan
The emulation community: Connectix, Inc., Dave's Video Game Classics, Emulation HQ, Zophar's Domain
The vendor community: The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA), Nintendo of America, Inc.
Special thanks: David Lloyd, for granting me permission to reprint selected issues of his world famous cartoon strip OverClocked in the EmuFAQ.

Laws and statues (United States):

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 USC 1030).
The Copyright Act of 1976 (17 USC 101, et. seq., amended 1980, 1988, 1998).
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998 (amends U.S. Copyright Act).
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 USC 2510, et. seq.).
The Landham Act (15 USC 1051, et. seq.).
The Patent Act (35 USC 1, et. seq.).
The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act (17 USC 901, et. seq.).
The Stored Wire and Electronic Communications Transactional Records Act (18 USC 2701, et. seq.).
The Intellectual Property Rights Act (37 CFR)

Laws and statues (other):

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. 828 UNTS 221 (1886, amended 1928, 1971).

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Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Dragon Pacific Intern. 40 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir., 1994).
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. NTDEC. 51 F.3d 281 (9th Cir., 1995).
Panavision International v. Toeppen. 938 F.Supp. 616 (C.D. Cal, 1996).
Penwalt v. Durand-Weyland, Inc. 833 F.2d 931 en banc, 4 USPQ 2d 1737 (Fed. Cir., 1987).
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. George Frena. 839 F.Supp. 1552 (M.D. Fla., 1993).
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Universal Tel-A-Talk, Inc., et. al. No. 96-6961 (E.D. Pa., 1998).
Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services. 1996 U.S. App LEXIS 7474 (6th Cir., 1996).
ProCD, Inc. v. Ziedenberg. 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir., 1996).
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) v. Diamond Multimedia Systems. No. 98-5627 (9th Cir., 1999)
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Sega Enterprises, Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc. 977 F. 2d. 1510, 1517 (9th Cir., 1992).
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Shetland Times Ltd v. Dr. Jonathan Wills and Zetnews Ltd. Court of Session, Edinburgh, Scotland (Lord Hamilton, 1996).
Sony Corp. of America v. Connectix, Inc. No 99-15852 (9th Cir, 2000).
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Stac Electronics v. Microsoft Corp. No. 93-0413 (C.D. Cal, 1994).
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United States v. David LaMacchia. 871 F.Supp. 535 (D. Mass., 1994).
United States v. Richard D. Kenadek. No. 94-10221 (D. Mass., 1994).
Vault Corporation vs. Quaid Software Ltd. 655 F. Supp. 750 (E.D. La., 1987).
Williams & Wilkins v. United States. 487 F.2d 1345 (1973), 420 U.S. 376 (1975).

Other court cases (dockets not found)

Atari, Inc. v. Coleco. (1983).
International Business Machines, Inc. (IBM) v. Compaq Computer Corp. (1982).
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Blockbuster Entertainment. (1987)
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Bung Enterprises and Carl Industries. (C.D. Cal., 1997).
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Prima Publishing. (W.D. Wash., 1998).
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Tengen. (1989).
Sony Corporation v. Bleem LLC. (N.D. Cal, 1999).

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