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Ethics of Plagiarizing Legal Terms
I am in the process of determining corporate legal terms of use and would like to model my terms after an existing legal document from another corporation. Is it lawful and ethical to use jargon from other established businesses if the legal terms of an agreement depict a similar method? For example, cell phone plan usage contracts may be very similar for Cingular and Verizon. Therefore, the legal terms in the contract may be very similar ... even exact. Is this legal?
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Re: Ethics of Plagiarizing Legal Terms
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but generally, terms in legal contracts are not protected material and, as such, are free to be copied.
If you would like to discuss any issues further, please feel free to contact my office. My contact information is below. Thank you.
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Glenn M. Lyon, Esq
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Atlanta Georgia 30309
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