On Friday, I received a summons to appear for jury duty. First, let me say that I’m in favor of civic duty, the right to a jury trial, all that. I don’t think I’m the only one who dreads a summons to jury duty though. This is the first time I’ve been called in Oregon,… Read More
Tag: Legal
Let’s Take a Legal Break
Something has been bothering me for years about our (American) legal system. Pause for snarky comments. As a longtime reader of Slashdot, I’ve followed the legal aspects of technical lawsuits passively for years, especially court decisions that affect overall precedent, e.g. RIAA and MPIAA decisions as they pertain to P2P, cyber-bullying, spamming, anti-trust in tech,… Read More
Who Owns Your Address Book?
Friend of the ‘Lab Dan McCall sent this post my way last week. The issue in question is whether your LinkedIn contacts could be considered the property of your employer, should you decide to part ways. This is an intriguing question, considering: LinkedIn’s self-described purpose as a “professional network”. People use LinkedIn to keep track… Read More
AppsLab FAQ: Have You Spoken to HR, Legal and Security?
Here comes another installment in my FAQ series. This one isn’t a question I get asked, but rather one I ask. Inevitably, when you start a community or release an application to customers, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the blessing of three groups within your company. Human Resources Legal Security In any size… Read More
Then You Get the Power
I guess the Office 2.0 Conference made this relevant last week, but I noticed several articles that kicked IT in the teeth for holding back the inevitable advance of new web into the enterprise, i.e. Web 2.0 transforming into Enterprise 2.0. Chris Anderson of “the long tail” fame and Computer World each had pieces on… Read More
Enterprise 2.0 Is Different, Wan’t to Know Why?
Like most people interested in 2.0, I have been at this web thing for a while. From the days of dialing into BBS systems, to Mosaic, all the way to the beautiful Interfest we have today of Facebook, Flickr, and much more. As I talk to people looking to take some of this digital goodness… Read More