<story><title>Software vendor argues that it has copyright in output of its CAD software</title><url>http://www.maw-law.com/copyright/output-copyright-protected-software-program-protected-copyright/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zokier</author><text>This is actually surprisingly interesting case. While I think most would agree that when software does purely &amp;quot;algorithmic processing&amp;quot; then the output would not be considered derivative work. But increasingly software suites include various templates and content libraries. When the output is then a composition of those templates and library content then I&amp;#x27;d agree that there is an argument to be made that such output could be considered derivative work.</text></comment>
<story><title>Software vendor argues that it has copyright in output of its CAD software</title><url>http://www.maw-law.com/copyright/output-copyright-protected-software-program-protected-copyright/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>macmac</author><text>This case is with the Ninth Circuit on appeal. If you are interested in how courts conduct oral arguments in cases like this, there is a video recording available at &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ca9.uscourts.gov&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;view_video.php?pk_vid=0000010345&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ca9.uscourts.gov&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;view_video.php?pk_vid=0000...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>