Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Massachusetts
The treasurer of our small condo association became very ill. I was asked to take the books to keep the association going. Not being a book keeper I was unsure how to do this. I'm an engineering technician by trade so I decided to use Excel, something I'm familiar with, to try to keep the books. At first, when I created the spreadsheet, I was not paid. After a while it was decided, according to the condo charter, that I could get paid to keep the books. My question is, who owns the copyright to the excel spreadsheet?
Asked on 6/09/16, 6:12 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Lawrence Graves
Coolidge & Graves PLLC
Facts are not protectable by copyright, and in any event the data belong to the entity.
Best,
LDWG
Answered on 6/24/16, 6:30 am