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3157 REVIEW GRANTED Computer software is a writing and thus a form of expression protected by the First Amendment, so a preliminary injunction against publishing software on defendant's Internet website that purported to enforce the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, but was issued without a full trial, was an invalid prior restraint of speech.CitationDVD COPY CONTROL ASSOCIATION v BUNNER (DVD Unscrambler) 93 CA4 648 [See: CivC 3426.1 etseq; MAI Systems v Peak Computer 991 F2 511; Gerawan v Lyons 24 C4 468; Bartnicki v Vopper 532 US 514; Pavlovich v Superior Court 91 CA4 409, E/AT 9/01]
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