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Is it consider a copyright infringement by both company A and company B? Are the employees in violation, too?

Asked over 2 years ago - Hartford, CT

Company A: copyrighted, licensed application files purchased from company C are installed on company A's computer. Company A purchased a software application from company B and wants company B to convert the data from the application purchased from company C to the new software purchased from company B.

Company B: copies the copyrighted, licensed application files from company A's computer to the computer owned by company B. Company B extracts the data in those files and converts it into the application that it developed for company A

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Daniel Nathan Ballard

Reputation Level 18

Answered over 2 years ago. Intellectual Property Law Attorney in Sacramento, CA.

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See my response to the same question posted previously.

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Mario Sergio Golab

Reputation Level 14

Answered over 2 years ago. Copyright Infringement Attorney in Miami, FL.

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Your question is not clear, but lets assume the data you refer to is what the copyrighted (c) application generates. That data per se is not (c) so it can be extracted, copied and otherwise massaged by its righful owner.

How that data is extracted by company B is a different matter. Copying a (c) application is illegal.

Should company B remove the (c) application from computer A, install it in computer B, the extract the data, then remove the (c) application from computer B and install it in computer A, then not rights or licenses are apparently infringed, so long as the wrap license does not provide otherwise.

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