Legal Opinion
Itofca, Inc. v. Megatrans Logistics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 2003No. 02-1069PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, ITOFCA, appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, MegaTrans, in a suit for copyright infringement. ITOFCA claims to be the owner of the copyright on a computer software program. MegaTrans owns the program itself, claims to have obtained the copyright in a bankruptcy sale, and is making and selling copies of a modified version of the program. The modified program is a derivative work, and so if ITOF-CA owns the copyright on the original, MegaTrans cannot sell its version without a license, 17 U.S.C. § 106(2), which it does not have, from…
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