Is legal language copyrighted?
matthewmarkus: This is an interesting question. It looks like one could claim a copyright in contracts in theory, but there are several practical problems to making a contract copyrightable. Personally, I always thought that copyrighting contracts might make them unenforceable since copyrights could limit a public court's ability to interpret and publish rulings on protected contracts.Here are the best resources that I found on this matter:Re: copyright notice on contract
http://www3.wcl.american.edu/cni/9908/23029.htmlCopyright and the Contract Drafter
http://www.adamsdrafting.com/downloads/Copyright-NYLJ-8.23.0...