I'm not a lawyer, so my advice is worth what you've paid for it...
On 14 Apr 2008, at 23:45, Sadhunathan Nadesan wrote:
The other opinion
says, there is nothing illegal about it, we are not stealing anything
it's a freely available download on the net, and it's the fastest way
to give an idea to vendors of what we want.
'Freely available on the net' means very little. The interface
elements etc. will still all be copyrighted material, and being able
to view them for free has no impact on that.
The second problem, at least in some countries, is 'passing off' -
you'd have to make it VERY clear that what you are showing the vendor
is the work of a third party and not your own. Even then, you are
potentially using copyrighted material in your presentation which is
dodgy at best, and copyright infringement at worst.
Next question is an extension of this: suppose we make a video clip
of a certain behavior within the competitor's product - it's nothing
extraordinary, it's just difficult to explain in words and even in a
series of jpegs, but, an mpeg says 1000+ words in a few seconds of
motion.
[...]
and another opinion says, it's perfectly legal to
make movies of anything in public, including demo software in action,
peope do it on their cell phones and post it to youtube by the
millions.
We are just showing a concept, not stealing anything.
Again, freely available doesn't stop it being covered by copyright,
and the potential for accusations of passing off.
I'd suggest that you contact a lawyer before going *any* further...
Ian
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