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> Going into case law, Sony v Bleem made it pretty clear that clean room reimplementations of APIs are on the table.

Sony sued Bleem because of screenshots. The legality of compatible products such as emulators was not evaluated by the court.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=118372240780525...

> The legality of the emulator is not at issue in this lawsuit.

> The issue in this appeal is the validity of the method by which Bleem is advertising its product.

> In various advertising media, Bleem has included comparative "screen shots" of Sony PlayStation games.

> We conclude that it is a fair use for Bleem to advertise comparatively only between what PlayStation games actually look like on a television and what they actually look like on a computer when played with the emulator.




There were several Sony v Bleem lawsuits.




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