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One Size Does Not Fit All Your company is unique. Successful entrepreneurs have unique businesses. To win in the business world, you’ve got to be doing something that’s different from the companies that are already out there making money. This...

We touched on the basics of Copyright law in a recent blog post, but haven’t gotten into exactly how far copyrights can be pushed. The outer limits of copyright protections are vague—as you’ll see when we move into tattoo art...

  Last week, we discussed YouTube’s recent controversial decision to enable Content ID Scanning policies on Multi Channel Networks, allowing copyright owners to flag YouTube videos for take-downs. We went through how the policies could have a massive impact on...

The online gaming community has grown exponentially over the past few years, and now many gamers are able to make a very comfortable living by posting clips of their expert video gaming skills on Youtube and/or streaming and selling advertisements...

I think it’s pretty much universally accepted, at this point, that some type of Patent reform has to happen, but exactly what form the changes will take is still undetermined. As written in my previous blog, “To Patent or Not...

In any startup, there’s a great deal of novel ideas, technology, and business models that give the company its value. If this information is shared with the public, there’s nothing to stop another party from stealing those valuable ideas and...

And so we come to the end, or the beginning? When we started with Partnerships, we discussed the age-old fiduciary duty doctrines and the, often archaic, structures that general partnerships provide. We then moved on to the wonderful legal technology...

[caption id="attachment_425" align="alignleft" width="300"] http://drummermandavid.com[/caption] Last week’s blog discussed the basics for creating rawk solid music contracts for your software. Today’s blog will get more into the details, going over the specific pros and cons in using licensing agreements instead...

(Yes, gentle readers—that’s me in 2005) Unlike other contracts, any agreement about the use of music, such as in-game music, includes a plethora of copyright and licensing issues that you should be prepared for. Who Owns the Copyrights? An Adventure...

Part 1 and Part 2 of this post have to do with how we can protect ourselves—and our companies—from common, avoidable, legal issues. This entry is a continuation that gets into more depth, going through some specific examples. A) Help!...