Technical Fixes for Legal Uncertainty in the 1980s Software Cracking Scene
Publication Date
1-23-2019
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume
41
Issue
4
DOI
10.1109/mahc.2019.2894830
First Page
20
Last Page
33
Abstract
During the 1980s, many software developers and enthusiasts reacted to software's unclear status within the U.S. copyright law by pursuing technical, rather than legislative fixes. This paper applies forensic methods to recover records of conflict between commercial software developers and the enthusiasts who sought to “crack” commercial programs’ copy protection.
Keywords
Software development management, Computer hacking, IP networks, Law, Ethics
Department
Information
Recommended Citation
James A. Hodges. "Technical Fixes for Legal Uncertainty in the 1980s Software Cracking Scene" IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (2019): 20-33. https://doi.org/10.1109/mahc.2019.2894830
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