Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York
Copyright Law
The rental management company had me sign a photocopied lease of a Blumberg law in violation of the copyright law. I did not know that at the time. Is my lease valid? I am worried. Thank you
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Copyright Law
Your lease is valid if your only concern is a Blumberg "copyright."
Re: Copyright Law
Your lease is valid in the face of a potential copyright violation, if the potential copyright violation is your only concern.
Even if the lease you signed is somehow found by a court to be invalid due to a copyright violation (which occurrence I've never heard of), the management company would simply hire a lawyer to draw up a new lease form and get all tenants who signed the Blumberg form to re-sign the new form.
Copyright protection on lease conveyances is thin, at best, since there are not a lot of ways to say what a lease says.
You can stop worrying.
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