Comments on: What should you know about Intellectual Property

By: Lawyers are building Community Online | Connie Bensen

Lawyers are building Community Online | Connie Bensen — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:17:48 +0000

[...] need lawyers online. I’ve blogged about my experience with Intellectual Property. Vickie Pynchon, an IP lawyer commented. I really appreciate that! She [...]

By: Connie Bensen

Connie Bensen — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:51:26 +0000

Thanks so much for adding your opinion, Vickie!

It’s great to have an IP lawyer drop by. Click thru to her blog if you’re interested in more.

By: Vickie Pynchon

Vickie Pynchon — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:01:03 +0000

Your concentration on employers and employees agreeing in advance on ownership rights in creative works is quite right. I often told clients that legal rights are for people who aren’t prudent enough to make up their own law. True enough that contracts are enforced and interpreted by laws, but there are default laws that operate in the absence of an agreement that often surprise all parties. Who owns the right to the blog – a creative work in all of its manifestations, including it’s name – if it is being written by A and paid for by B should be agreed upon and written up in as clear and simple terms as possible. Consult a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property contracts. The contract specialist is like a general practitioner. Litigators, like me, are the surgeons – far more pricey; dangerous; and, uncertain. If you can’t afford legal advice, you should still write down your understanding, sign it and date it. And for heaven’s sakes, don’t use legal “forms.” English is best.

By: Connie Bensen

Connie Bensen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:24:02 +0000

Steve Rubell added this link on MyVenturePad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act

By: Scott Dodds

Scott Dodds — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:54:18 +0000

You’re absolutely right, Connie, these are important issues for both sides to address in advance. But I think we can look for analogues in the non-virtual world and see how they apply. People have written books while working for companies, wrote articles, and even recorded albums or created video content – what equitable arrangements have these folks made? If organizations employ someone to generate creative works for them, they should find ways to remove barriers for them to do so – like worrying about IP.

By: cbensen (Connie Bensen)

cbensen (Connie Bensen) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59:59 +0000

@ipadrblog thx for the follow! I’d love to hear your ideas on this http://tinyurl.com/4p7rx6

By: cbensen (Connie Bensen)

cbensen (Connie Bensen) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59:59 +0000

What should you know about intellectual property? http://tinyurl.com/4p7rx6