Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California
Improving/Add value to publicly available document
Am I liable for IP infringement if I take a company's online PDF and improve/add value to it by adding interactivity fields?
Asked on 11/10/08, 3:59 pm
2 Answers from Attorneys
Johm Smith
tom's
Re: Improving/Add value to publicly available document
Very possibly but we would need to know more to give an opinion.
Answered on 11/10/08, 4:21 pm
Michael Stone
Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE
Re: Improving/Add value to publicly available document
Unfortunately no good deed goes unpunished, yours is called creating a "derivative work" which requires permission from the copyright holder.
Answered on 11/10/08, 4:22 pm