If such acts allow unauthorized access to your software or other copyrighted work, you may have a right to sue for relief under that Act. Attempts to break Microchip s code protection feature may be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We at Microchip are committed to continuously improving the code protection features of our products. Code protection does not mean that we are guaranteeing the product as unbreakable. Neither Microchip nor any other semiconductor manufacturer can guarantee the security of their code. Microchip is willing to work with the customer who is concerned about the integrity of their code. Most likely, the person doing so is engaged in theft of intellectual property. All of these methods, to our knowledge, require using the Microchip products in a manner outside the operating specifications contained in Microchip s Data Sheets.

There are dishonest and possibly illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature. Microchip believes that its family of products is one of the most secure families of its kind on the market today, when used in the intended manner and under normal conditions. 1 PICkit 3 In-Circuit Debugger/Programmer User s Guide For MPLAB X IDE DS52116AĢ Note the following details of the code protection feature on Microchip devices: Microchip products meet the specification contained in their particular Microchip Data Sheet.

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