Is Copying A Website Template Copyright Infringement?
Posted by Copyright Law Enquirer on July 10th, 2009 at 04:27am
If I copy somebody’s template exactly (without permission), then go back and modify all of the colors, as well as even modifying names of html classes within the html itself, then I put my own content into it – is that copyright violation?
In fact, is copying pure html (not content) even a violation of copyright? If it was, pretty much every website online has been a copy of something else, just with different content.
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2 Comments for Is Copying A Website Template Copyright Infringement?
1. Best Smartphone Software | July 10th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Short answer – yes, you don;t have the right to make a copy and you did.
Long answer:
Changing labels in code isn’t enough to make it legal. Changing colors isn;t enough to make it legal. If the look and feel of your site is close to the site you copied from, it’s actionable.
2. Smartphone Emulators | July 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Sure is copyright infringement. Better to make your own or use the thousands of free templates available for download. Those you can modify as much as you want.
Ron
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