These are the discussions that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again. Come join the party on twitter (follow me here and you’ll participate in the conversation live.)
I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below. Sorry. These are “tweets”, 140 maximum character messages sent via Twitter. Within the Twitterverse individual users follow others and have followers (think of it like overlapping Venn diagram circles). To read a tweet, you have to wade through a bit of jargon used to make the most of the 140 character limitation. “RT” for example, is shorthand for “Re-tweet” and the @____ is the username of some other individual on Twitter. Combined together, then, “RT @_____” means that someone else wrote a tweet that I found important and I now want to forward along to my followers. The URL’s are then also shortened by shortening services like bit.ly to make the most of the character limitation, too. Lastly, you might see “hash” identifiers “#______” which are ways to tag tweets of a particular flavor for easy searching later and “<” which means that I am commenting on what came before it.
- RT @CopyrightLaw: “Music Industry Copies Language Of Copyright Reformers In Pushing For Three Strikes” http://tinyurl.com/ybbqfs4
- RT @CopyrightLaw: EFF: “You Bought It, You Own It: MDY v. Blizzard Appealed” http://tinyurl.com/ye4tcu6
- RT @gfiremark: It’s official: Victoria Espinel nominated as ‘IP Czar’ http://bit.ly/2yIgv
- @fscavo they’d better understand 97-2 if they want me to bend for a revrec issue. 🙂
- @rwang0 Make them show you the section in AICPA SOP 97-2 which stops them from doing what you want them to do.
- RT @rwang0: Finding it pred that software vendor sales reps keep using rev rec as an excuse when pushed for discounts on 1yr maint contracts
- RT @libertyluver: Justice Ginsberg in the hospital…a speedy recovery to a one of a kind woman!!!! http://ow.ly/qZLh
- RT @kevinokeefe: My Name Is Kate and I Am a Listener; listening is key to use of the net (@accesstojustice) http://bit.ly/k4ART
- RT @CopyrightLaw: “Beyond Kicking People Offline, France Raises Fines For Copyright Infringement To $440,000” http://tinyurl.com/l9foj7
- What a well-placed $20 gets you (via @kottke): http://bit.ly/p8M5w
- RT @libertyluver: And someone said Copyright Law didn’t matter? How about sticking your foot in your mouth again? http://bit.ly/1OrWtW
- RT @CloudAve: DMCA Take Downs, Copyright, Fair Use http://bit.ly/wpA7f
- RT @vpynchon: downturn=commercial wild west: READ THE CONTRACT … DO NOT SIGN if it contradicts reps made by sales
- Seth’s new business isn’t a hit.. it’s extortion. (@TEDchris) RE: http://bit.ly/2ljDEW
- New blog post on licensinghandbook.com: Insurance Basics http://bit.ly/uadLy
- Do you only worry about the dollar limits in your contracts’ insurance sections? Think again. Full story coming in 20 minutes.
- Not that Apple actually needed anyone’s permission: http://bit.ly/3x2fXO
- Facebook gives developers access to users’ inbox messages!!! http://bit.ly/3r67OL Oh boy.
- RT @stephenrwalli: blogged thoughts on the open source business “tools” and dual licensing: http://tinyurl.com/nz6uzx
- @nipclaw Hmmm… dunno’ that that’s the real problem. I’ve met VERY few lawyers who’ve drafted a contract from scratch.
- @nipclaw Copyright on forms might not apply in the US. Depends on a LOT of variables (See http://bit.ly/TAL4f as well).
- RT @CopyrightLaw: “Scribd fires back, denies violating copyright” http://tinyurl.com/l7bqux < Gonna’ be quick if Scribd’s being truthful
- RT @richards1000 @jaredcorreia @AbacusLaw History: US District Court Judge issues first digitally signed judicial order http://bit.ly/18WlaX
- RT @tomsearcy: So-called “experts” are … even worse when they’re on your buyer’s team: http://bit.ly/2YF4CQ
- RT @gtiadvisors: RT @DougCornelius: [new blog post] Intellectual Property and Social Media http://bit.ly/GBn4S
- RT @blawgreview: Blawg Review Sherpa, “woman lawyer”, @vpynchon http://www.forbes.com/forbe… writer http://tinyurl.com/m4ewy6
- RT @SusanEJacobsen: A litmus test before hiring a social media “expert” http://bit.ly/1BrE4v < Could be used with any kind of consulting
- RT @adamsdrafting Blog Update: Who Gets to Draft Contracts? http://bit.ly/pNdLY < Interesting question… would love input.
- RT @gfiremark: And that makes three (governments): The United States opposes the Google Books Settlement http://bit.ly/vDjtS
- RT @AdamsDrafting: Easier than ever to be a free rider rather than develop content.
- Too cool… just got quoted in the Washington Post on severance negotiation (I can only find the article via Omaha): http://bit.ly/3aOqzb
- RT @gfiremark: The Scholarly Kitchen: ‘$80,000 per Song, and Perceptions of Copyright’ http://bit.ly/Ju3RO < Excellent post!
- RT @TradeSecretLaw: Ten Fatal Mistakes that Business Owners Make – No. 10: Failure to Protect Intangible Assets http://tinyurl.com/pmqcht
- NC law allows minors to back out of contracts unless approved by the Superior Court. The NCAA just figured this out: http://bit.ly/le6rl
- Some rumors should rest untested (via Lowering the Bar): http://bit.ly/MHgEr
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