Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 October 2024.#Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd v Datel Design and Development Ltd and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Legal protection of computer programs – Directive 2009/24/EC – Article 1 – Scope – Forms of expression of a computer program – Concept – Article 4(1)(b) – Alteration of a computer program – Change of the content of the variables stored in the computer’s RAM and used during the running of the program.#Case C-159/23.