Re: independent contractors

>I heard of a 2d. Cir. case from January of this year which held that
>a program created by an independent contractor could be modified
>without infringing the copyright (i.e., without creating an infringing
>derivative work).

Not exactly: The court held that a modification by the owner of a copy of a program soley for the purpose of facilitating the utilization of the program by the owner was not creation of an infringing derivative work (Aymes v. Bonelli)

Sheldon W. Halpern
Professor of Law
The Ohio State University College of Law halpern.1[_at_]osu.edu Received on Wed Mar 08 1995 - 22:24:04 GMT