Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Georgia
I signed a lease contract that starts next month. After signing I found out it was a contract that my landlords took from a real estate agency. My land lords had no legal right to use the contract and broke 2 copyrights in the process. Is the contract still valid?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Why don't you tell us what you really want? You signed a lease contract that you want to get out of, right? Stop trying to play street lawyer by talking about copyrights and such. You aren't a lawyer, so no need to come to complex legal conclusions. Allow me enlighten you.
Even if your landlord did "take the form from a real estate agency" it is unlikely the "form" was copyrighted. Even if it WAS, then the landlord has an issue with the real estate agency, assuming they attempt to enforce their copyright.
That enforcement will have nothing to do with you and the contract you signed with the landlord. If you want advice regarding that, I would need to see the contract, and no one here has a copy of it.
Did you put down a deposit?
Why don't you simply ask us what you actually want to do, rather than making up law that has nothing to do with helping you?
As a general rule, forms can't be copyrighted, and even if this one was, that has no bearing as to your rights.
Most leases cannot be broken. Since no one here has read yours there is no way to tell you whether yours can.
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