Editing Copyright misuse (section)

=== ''Assessment Technologies of WI, LLC v WIREdata Inc.'' ===
The doctrine of copyright misuse was upheld by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|Seventh Circuit]] in ''Assessment Technologies of WI, LLC v WIREdata Inc'',<ref>350 F.3d 640 (7th Cir. 2003)</ref> which is another case involving computer software. In this case, WIREdata sought public information about a number of properties from the Wisconsin municipalities. The information was collected by the municipalities and compiled using the plaintiff’s software for tax assessment purposes. Hence, some municipalities refused to furnish the information for fear of infringing Assessment Technologies’ copyright.<ref>ibid. at 642</ref> WIREdata, the defendants in this case, sued in state court for the release of information and Assessment Technologies sued in federal court, claiming that the release would violate its copyright. The Court held that the conduct of the plaintiff amounted to copyright misuse as the information withheld by the municipalities were beyond the purview of the said copyright.