atw: Re: Copyright - legislation
- From: "Petra Liverani" <petsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:54:54 +1100
> >Is there such a thing as a tool that converts pdf to Word? We've got a
piece
> >of UK legislation in pdf format (300 pages) and need to get it into Word
> >format so we can run some macros over it.
> There may be many copyright (infringement) considerations here if you
> are (as I would trust that you are not) disassembling the creative work of
> others and reusing the information in another form. Check for disclaimers
> in the document and its properties information, first.
Michael,
I would assume that legislation is in the public domain and not subject to
copyright but I don't really know about these matters so I could be totally
wrong.
Regards,
Petra
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