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1. I use forms but charge you as if I did it from scratch. BULLSHIT. You pay for a lawyer's time and talents. Using a form means less time, which means you pay less. It also means …

If you don't hire the negotiator when you get an offer, when exactly would you do it? It would be pointless to do so after accepting the offer. Don't ever hire a large large law fi…

I am a lawyer, and I can tell you that you're wrong. Copyright infringement is entirely dependent on the state of mind of the infringer: you have to know that a work exists, and de…

Publication is a fancy way of saying dissemination. A blog post, a source-control commit to a public repository, a public presentation, all qualify as "publication".

List of facts are copyrightable in Europe, where this developer, his competitor, and the transit agency in question are located.

Last I checked, the UK was not part of the United States, so this discussion is irrelevant. Europe's laws on derivative works differ greatly from American laws.

California's government didn't kill prefab in America. Taiwan, China, and Korea's lack of labor laws or living wage laws killed prefab in America. You can't compete with companies …

You don't understand how FOPA works. FOPA is not merely a procedural defense. It is a due process protection against being arrested for mere firearm possession by local authorities…

FOPA makes it illegal to arrest a person for carrying a firearm while traveling through a jurisdiction. It is not a defense after-the-fact, it is a complete defense. If you are arr…

As is typical of the usually shoddy reporting by the WSJ, the article completely fails to explain or even briefly describe the court's ruling itself, despite spending nearly 4 para…

Worldwide Telescope, Photosynth, Surface, HealthNet, .NET, Mediaroom, Natal, Azure, Windows 7, Office 2007+, Sync. And those are just the commercial products. Microsoft also contri…

Agreed. I don't think he understands what extortion is. The threat of harm isn't just any harm, it must be actual harm to a recognized interest. A product manual is not a recognize…

Harm, as the law defines it, must be physical injury, monetary loss, severe emotional distress, or a substantial interference with recognized contractual rights. Denying access to …

Dude, you may want to turn off personalized search results.

No, it won't. You can get out of your contract only for a material change in service. You can still search, and you can still use your preferred search engine using the built-in br…

I call bullshit on each and every one of those "facts". - Teachers and school employees in California are paid less than teachers in NY, NJ, MA, VA, and DC. - Public-safety workers…

That's the exact opposite of the way the law works: you CAN ignore small-time infringers, b/c you don't need to actively patrol for abuse -- enforcement actions only need be sought…

Yes. B/c you are headquartered in Cali, where 100% of your employees are physically located (and where they work; telecommuting doesn't count). EDIT: BUT if you are running a sole …

I do disagree with what you say. US State and local governments are not filled with business development agencies or startup clinics. Those organizations which do exist are almost …

OMIGOD! I just read the US Constitution, and guess what!!! It allows for this sort of stuff! Let's blame the founding fathers!!!

After having tried it, edmodo sucks balls. Huge, bloody, salty, donkey balls. I guess being first mover/original isn't the best thing. Stop spamming your lame little startup every …

It's not just you. Firefox has the Netscape syndrome: it gets crappier with every release. And that's without any damn addons.

I believe that Apple's real contribution to the MP3 field was the massive amounts of money it spent on advertising. Apple spends more per year on advertising than every other elect…

B/c music covers are explicitly covered by licensing laws. Videogame covers are just unimaginative copies (which may also violate copyright laws covering derivative works). If you …

A contract signed by a minor is voidable (can be cancelled without penalty) by the minor, but is not void (legally inoperable as if it never existed). HOWEVER, if a contract is can…