Forensics with the AFC Test
This chapter tries to explain the procedural aspects of the copyright infringement investigation with special attention to the Abstraction – Filtration – Comparison test. Firstly, it situates the AFC test properly in the field (and also in the process) of copyright infringement of software program. Secondly, the chapter concentrates on the basic copyright doctrines and explores how they have been properly incorporated in the 3-phase procedure of the AFC test. The abstraction and the exclusion policies of the test are also explained in the context of the copyright policies of the United States. The chapter goes on to explain the scope of customization and induction of this test into the judiciaries in the rest of the world. This chapter concludes by pointing out the limitations of and further scope for research in this test.