Legal Question in Business Law in Georgia

I have a service people subscribe too. They pay a monthly fee for me to deliver information on specific and general topics. Some of this info comes from newspapers. If I pass along this info to my subscribers and it was an article in a paper and I don't have the permission from the newspaper. Can I get sued? Is it illegal? What if I reference the newspaper as the source it came from?


Asked on 1/18/11, 5:40 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

If you are selling copyrighted information, the damages that you can be sued for are potentially enormous, as each act of infringement is a separate claim. Just a handful of infringments could result in a jail sentence for you and runinous monentary claims. Telling people where you stole the information doesn't help. Give up on this illegal idea and shut down your business. Pray that you aren't punished for what you already have done.

The legal penalties for copyright infringement are:

1.Infringer pays the actual dollar amount of damages and profits.

2.The law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 for each work infringed.

3.Infringer pays for all attorneys fees and court costs.

4.The Court can issue an injunction to stop the infringing acts.

5.The Court can impound the illegal works.

6.The infringer can go to jail.

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Answered on 1/23/11, 6:36 am


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