Legal Question in Business Law in California

copy right laws

Is it illegal or a copy right infringement to read an entire magazine in a store(in California) without purchasing it first or with out purchasing the magazine at all?


Asked on 4/01/08, 2:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Re: copy right laws

Reading a magazine you haven't paid for is not a copright violation since it does not involve copying. It may, however, violate the terms of your permission to enter the store; if it does, then you will be a trespasser. You will also become a trespasser if the store realizes what you are doing and tells you to stop and/or to leave but you refuse.

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Answered on 4/01/08, 2:52 pm


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