National Car Rental System, Inc. v. Computer Associates International, Inc.

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• holding that the Copyright Act does not preempt a breach of contract action based on prohibited use of software contained in a license agreement
• holding that the Copyright Act does not preempt a breach of contract action based on prohibited use of software contained in a license agreement
• holding that while the computer program at issue was within the subject matter of copyright, the right sought under state law pursuant to a license was not equivalent to the exclusive rights under copyright; as such, copyright preemption did not apply
• examining contract provision at issue to determine whether it protected rights equivalent to exclusive federal copyright rights
• finding a breach of contract claim was not preempted because the claim was premised on the allegation that defendants were processing data for third parties “a right not existing under the copyright law”
• \[I]nfringement of the distribution right requires an actual dissemination of either copies or phonorecords.\

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