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I have never seen a legal contract protected by copyright. Most contracts use very similar language because--although it looks like English, it's not--you want
by skmurphy 16y ago
I have never seen a legal contract protected by copyright. Most contracts use very similar language because--although it looks like English, it's not--you want to use wording that already has settled definitions in case law. I am not a lawyer and spending 1% of the value of the contract on legal fees is a reasonable rule of thumb.
- dctoedt 16y agoCopyright arises automatically in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world for "original works of authorship." Legal contracts can qualify. There have been cases where Law Firm A sued Law Firm B for wholesale copying of, say, bond-prospectus documents.
- skmurphy 16y agoOK. Are you aware of any claims of copyright infringement for a software license for commercially available software (not a custom contract).