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Any recommended reading?

unixhero 7y ago
Besides the international frameworks, it depends on the legal system in your country. My recommendations might be a little bland from right here on the treadmill; but pick up introductory college textbooks on the three subjects. They will go into the overall topics and important legal principles. Also read case law as the books suggest, some are really kind of funny. At least to me. I actually found law surprisingly useful and enjoyed those courses at uni. Maybe because I studied so little of it, or maybe because I should have gone all the way into that profession. Protip: As an individual, drop a few legal paragraphs into a well written complaint when you've been wronged, and in my experience 9 times out of 10 the business will relent, instead of going further into legal matters.
lawtomated 7y ago
We'd recommend anything you can find re: 1) Contract law - if you're building software, make sure you understand how to licence it and not give away too much IP 2) Related to (1), understand Intellectual Property (IP) law - again, helps you understand what you own and what others own re the software or systems built 3) Tied to (1) and (2) increasingly, anything re data ownership and data privacy (incl. GDPR, an EU regulation re data privacy). Super important for anyone building tech that touches data, whether analytics, machine learning, deep learning, or any simple database backed product (i.e. most things). Perhaps as an aside, relevant advertising / marketing restrictions to make sure a product doesn't fall foul of any laws re what can / can't be claimed about a product. Naturally the laws are different in different countries / states, so make sure you anything you read relates to where you're doing business. A good tip is to google for law firm client alerts re these topics - law firms often produce free one or two pager guides summarising "all you need to know" basic info to encourage their services. These can be a good starting point.
james_in_the_uk 7y ago
Not reading as such but at www.SCL.org we have a 12 module course for foundations of tech law. It includes many topics of relevance to coders. We are a registered charity promoting public knowledge of law and technology.

Besides the international frameworks, it depends on the legal system in your country. My recommendations might be a little bland from right here on the treadmill; but pick up introductory college textbooks on the three subjects. They will go into the overall topics and important legal principles. Also read case law as the books suggest, some are really kind of funny. At least to me. I actually found law surprisingly useful and enjoyed those courses at uni. Maybe because I studied so little of it, or maybe because I should have gone all the way into that profession. Protip: As an individual, drop a few legal paragraphs into a well written complaint when you've been wronged, and in my experience 9 times out of 10 the business will relent, instead of going further into legal matters.

lawtomated 7y ago

We'd recommend anything you can find re: 1) Contract law - if you're building software, make sure you understand how to licence it and not give away too much IP 2) Related to (1), understand Intellectual Property (IP) law - again, helps you understand what you own and what others own re the software or systems built 3) Tied to (1) and (2) increasingly, anything re data ownership and data privacy (incl. GDPR, an EU regulation re data privacy). Super important for anyone building tech that touches data, whether analytics, machine learning, deep learning, or any simple database backed product (i.e. most things). Perhaps as an aside, relevant advertising / marketing restrictions to make sure a product doesn't fall foul of any laws re what can / can't be claimed about a product. Naturally the laws are different in different countries / states, so make sure you anything you read relates to where you're doing business. A good tip is to google for law firm client alerts re these topics - law firms often produce free one or two pager guides summarising "all you need to know" basic info to encourage their services. These can be a good starting point.

james_in_the_uk 7y ago

Not reading as such but at www.SCL.org we have a 12 module course for foundations of tech law. It includes many topics of relevance to coders. We are a registered charity promoting public knowledge of law and technology.