Can I use another company’s information about a product to sell my product?
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Can I use another company’s information about a product to sell my product?
For instance, if a website publishes information regarding vitamins to the general public as a public service (not paid subscription), how can I use that information in selling certain vitamins without plagiarizing or infringing on their copyright, if that’s even applicable? Is it just a matter of rewording it and giving credit to the website?
Asked on April 10, 2015 under Business Law, Louisiana
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
You cannot legally modify and use another's text. However, you can do research--i.e. look at at several sources concerning vitamins--and then write your own text, not based on any one of those sources, but including information (NOT actual text or copy) from several sources.
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