Trading System Copyright

[rsvale7]

I bought a course with a system/method to trade in the Financial Markets, I did some few modifications to adequate to the way I trade. Can I build a course based on it? Is that legal? What if I get the ideas from the first course and develop mine based on that? What should I do to use the idea of the course, but legally?
I not want to start a illegal thing, so thanks for your advice.

 

[quincy]

In what U.S. state or in what country do you reside, rsvale7?

 

[rsvale7]

I am from outside USA, I am from Brazil.

 

[FlyingRon]

We only do US law here.

 

[rsvale7]

Thank you for your replies.
I would like to ask about the US law because the owner of the product is from the USA, I don't know his state.
Is a kind of a general question... I like the idea someone sold me.
And based on that idea, with few modifications, I want to create my own, with my own words and sell.
Is that illegal according to the USA law?
Thanks for your time.

 

[Zigner]

Thank you for your replies.
I would like to ask about the US law because the owner of the product is from the USA, I don't know his state.
Is a kind of a general question... I like the idea someone sold me.
And based on that idea, with few modifications, I want to create my own, with my own words and sell.
Is that illegal according to the USA law?
Thanks for your time.

Why don't you ask the creator for permission?

 

[rsvale7]

Hello Zigner.
Actually I would do that only if it is necessary, I mean, if there's no another way.
I will not copy his words, pages, trades, etc.
I will use informations available to everyone and put in a model, for example:

Someone is selling a course to teach people how to do dribbles in soccer.

Everyone knows that to do a dribble in soccer, you need speed and pretend to go to one place and go to another one, in front of an opponent.

The course tell this, with these words:
To dribble, you should:
1) run for 5 steps in the direction of your opponent
2) pass your right foot over the ball to the right, without touch the ball;
3) When your opponent advance, go to the side he is not.
4) Try to take the ball out of his physical range.

You understand? He took something very well known by general public (how to drible), but putted in details, in a kind of detailed strategy, or detailed idea.

So, I readed that, and I noticed how to improve the system.

Then I did a course telling it:
1) run 4-6 steps in the direction of your opponent, while he is not running.
2) not pretend that you go to the right just passing your foot over the ball, but not move it.
3) if your opponent:
a) Advance to you by your right: Go to the left with the ball. The ball should not be on his physical reach.
b) Advance to you by your left: Go to the right with the ball. The ball should not be on his physical reach.
c) Not advance to you at all: Pass the ball to someone of your team.

As you can see, I used something that general public know, that to drible you need to pretend, but I putted in details, making another detailed strategy or idea.

Can you see the difference? If I did something similar, it would be ok? Or I would be infriging his copyright?
If yes, what should I do to keep it away from copyright infrigement?

Thank you a lot!!!

 

[quincy]

rsvale7, while copyright protection is similar in many countries around the world, thanks to international treaties, it is not the same. Because we handle U.S. law questions only, you will need to contact an attorney in Brazil to personally review your proposed plans to modify an existing U.S-created work to determine if it violates either your country's laws or the rights of the U.S. creator.

For information on U.S. Copyright law, you can visit the U.S. Copyright Office's official website at http://www.copyright.gov and you can compare it to the copyright laws in Brazil (http://www.cultura.gov.br).

In the U.S., facts and ideas are not copyrightable, so several different works can be created using the same ideas and the same facts and not infringe on the rights of another. It is the expression of the facts and ideas that is copyright-protected, so works created must avoid copying the idea and fact expressions of others.

The attorney you contact in Brazil can let you know if your work, based as it would be on an existing copyrighted work, could be considered a derivative of the original or not. If it can be looked at as a derivative of the U.S. work, then you would need permission from the U.S. author to develop your work. Making derivatives is one of the exclusive rights granted copyright holders in the U.S.

Again, a personal review of your plans by an attorney in your area is necessary to determine what you can and cannot do safely from a copyright law perspective.

Good luck.