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{{sub-stub}}'''SEGA v. Maphia''' is the name of a court case between Sega Enterprises Ltd. and MAPHIA, an electronic bulletin board, which took place in 1994{{ref|http://digital-law-online.info/cases/41PQ2D1705.htm}}.
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| title=''Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia''
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| court=[[wikipedia:United States District Court for the Northern District of California|United States District Court for the Northern District of California]]
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| argued=1994-03-28{{ref|https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/857/679/2008853/}}
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| decided=1996-12-18{{ref|https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/948/923/2098626/}}
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| citations=[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/857/679/2008853/ 857 F. Supp. 679] (N.D. Cal 1994), [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/948/923/2098626/ 948 F. Supp. 923] (N.D. Cal 1996)
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| judges=[[wikipedia:Claudia Ann Wilken|Claudia Ann Wilken]]{{ref|https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/948/923/2098626/}}, [[wikipedia:Fern M. Smith|Fern M. Smith]]{{ref|https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/948/923/2098626/}}
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{{stub}}'''''Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia''''', 857 F.Supp. 679 (N.D. Cal. 1994), and '''''Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia''''', 948 F.Supp. 923 (N.D. Cal. 1996), is a series of court cases in which the [[wikipedia:United States District Court for the Northern District of California|United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] applied American copyright infringement law to the illegal downloading and redistributing of [[Sega of America]]'s [[Sega Genesis]] games by the online BBS group MAPHIA.{{ref|http://digital-law-online.info/cases/41PQ2D1705.htm}}.
  
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==External links==
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*[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/857/679/2008853/ {{PAGENAME}} (1994)] at [https://law.justia.com/ Justia Law]
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*[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/948/923/2098626/ {{PAGENAME}} (1996)] at [https://law.justia.com/ Justia Law]
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Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Argued: 1994-03-28[1]
Decided: 1996-12-18[2]
Citation(s): 857 F. Supp. 679 (N.D. Cal 1994), 948 F. Supp. 923 (N.D. Cal 1996)
Judge(s) sitting: Claudia Ann Wilken[2], Fern M. Smith[2]

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Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia, 857 F.Supp. 679 (N.D. Cal. 1994), and Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia, 948 F.Supp. 923 (N.D. Cal. 1996), is a series of court cases in which the United States District Court for the Northern District of California applied American copyright infringement law to the illegal downloading and redistributing of Sega of America's Sega Genesis games by the online BBS group MAPHIA.[3].

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