October 2020

  1. Contracts

    Intellectual property issues in a speaker’s agreement

    October 26, 2020 - https://youtu.be/TJR6Qad12Mc Let's say you're going to host a conference -- these days that would be an online conference -- and you want to invite people . . .

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  2. Anonymity

    How do you identify an anonymous hacker?

    October 14, 2020 - An unknown person allegedly hacked plaintiff's information systems and temporarily rendered plaintiff's email system inoperable. Not knowing who to sue, plaintiff sued a number of . . .

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  3. Computer Crime

    Can you violate the CFAA by deleting data on your own computer?

    October 12, 2020 - The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has a provision that makes it unlawful to “knowingly cause the transmission of a program, information, code, or . . .

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  4. Copyright

    Why get a copyright registration?

    October 7, 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSMfYzQXvN4 A work of authorship is protected by copyright at the moment it is created. If you take a photo or write some software or . . .

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