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by bdowling 6y ago
The founders and investors are both interested in the company being adequately funded to reach its next stage. So if the founders’ plan requires an extra $50k, then they should ask for more money. If the investor doesn’t want to give it to
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by bdowling 6y ago
> It matters if the cost is unpredictable But the legal fees for a VC funding round ARE predictable. The article even includes a chart of standard fee caps for various rounds.
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If a startup fails to raise a series A round because it was 5% underfunded at the seed stage, then it was never going to succeed.
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Great point that some VCs will be less concerned about transaction costs than others. Also that some startups will be more concerned than others. Where the amount of concern over fees differs, there may be more controversy over how the fees
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by bdowling 6y ago
In both cases VC money is being used to pay the VC's fees. If the startup pays the fee, then the VC funds the startup and the startup writes a check. If the VC pays the fee, then the VC will negotiate a slightly different deal for the
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by bdowling 6y ago
Here, Nietzsche constructs a strawman of a philosophy he disagrees with and then eloquently burns it down. It’s energetic and emotional language, but we shouldn’t conflate that with truth.
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by bdowling 6y ago
That is a pretty obtuse reference to use without explanation. It’s also an odd choice because it feels weird to call an AI a “who”. Despite AI replacing some human tasks, as with the camera operator here, the technology is not at all what w
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by bdowling 6y ago
> The Kryoflux company claims ownership of all images created with Kryoflux hardware. From the links provided, the issue is regarding documentation of the image “flux” file format and the availability of software tools to manipulate the
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by bdowling 6y ago
Locast limits access to users within the geographic broadcast range of the relevant TV stations. Apparently that falls within the same legal framework that allows cable TV operators to rebroadcast TV signals over their cable networks, which
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by bdowling 6y ago
> Title 17 wasn't written as an MBA business plan template... Copyright exists to support and encourage certain businesses that would not be viable without it. Specifically, copyright supports some businesses where the cost to creat
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> The crime of infringement requires distribution. At least in the US, criminal copyright infringement may be for any act of infringement. The statute 17 USC 506(a) [0] describes the necessary conditions for a criminal prosecution, which
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> Copyright infringement requires distribution, that is the core of the offense. Infringement does not require distribution. The rights encompassed by copyright include reproduction, derivation, distribution, public performance, public d
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> "License" is an American concept that doesn't exist in France and much of the world. The concept of license exists in France even if the word used is different. In common law countries, we say that a contract must be sup
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> Releasing the source code used for the web site when it was still online. A court will not order specific performance of license terms as a remedy for copyright infringement. It's just not an option. The remedy will be monetary da
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> GPL was found to be inapplicable in French copyright court, however it should be applicable under contract law. Do you understand exactly why the GPL was inapplicable? I was unable to figure it out from the article. My guess is that th
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by bdowling 6y ago
> why the GPL is drafted as a contract The GPL is not a contract. See, e.g., [0] or [1]. [0] Jones, P. "The GPL Is a License, not a Contract" https://lwn.net/Articles/61292/ [1] Moglen, E. "Enfor
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> ... blurring the lines between equity and debt no matter what you call it. I agree that calling litigation financing a loan may be misleading because it could look more like debt or equity, depending on the structure. If the premium is
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> You cannot protect yourself from copycats, and if somebody says he can, he is a fraud. That may be practically true in some cases (e.g., where the copier is unreachable) but it is not true in general. In fact, protecting a business inv
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by bdowling 6y ago
> CEO of edisonlf.com, a law firm Their web site makes it clear that they are not a law firm, they are a litigation finance firm. As I understand it, litigation financing takes away some of the financial risk from plaintiffs and/or
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> That kind of incremental improvement strikes me as the sort of thing that shouldn't be patentable. It is. Almost all patented inventions are improvements of other inventions. Foundational new technologies are a rare exception. &gt
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> It would, in a compulsory rights jurisdiction, because all copyright assignments are either void or revocable at will in such jurisdictions. I didn't believe this, so I looked at a study of EU copyright law[0]. Rights of authors a
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by bdowling 6y ago
It may help to think about who can sue whom. Generally only a copyright owner can sue an infringer. A license operates as a defense against a claim of infringement. If a licensee fails to meet a condition, then the license is invalid. So, i
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by bdowling 6y ago
> What's the law on this? Your understanding is correct, at least in general. If the tenant moves out and stops paying rent, the landlord has a claim for breach of contract. The landlord, however, must try to mitigate his damages by
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by bdowling 6y ago
> you need a form suitable for modification by a skilled stranger with little prior exposure to said work That’s a nice idea, but it’s not a condition of the GPL. GPL v2 and v3 both only state, “The ‘source code’ for a work means the pre
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by bdowling 6y ago
> By the sounds of it playstation 'owners' were paid compensation, but could not get the Linux feature back, in other words they were not made whole. Members of the class could opt out of the settlement and sue Sony individuall
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by bdowling 6y ago
What I meant is that the copyright owner is not bound by the terms of a GPL license he grants to others. Similarly, a licensee who receives software from the copyright owner under a GPL license cannot compel the copyright owner to do anythi
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by bdowling 6y ago
> You do NOT own the software that comes with your GPU! When you purchase a consumer GPU that comes with software, you acquire the GPU, the copy of the software it came with, and a license to use the software subject to particular terms
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by bdowling 6y ago
The problem of features being changed or removed by a software update is real and the owner can be harmed, as you were. As the owner, however, if you are harmed in that way then you may have a claim against the manufacturer. For example, in
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by bdowling 6y ago
I agree with you. My earlier point was that a license is not a contract, and shouldn’t be confused with one. My note at the end was that there is also a contract when you acquire a license through a purchase. The contract is typically of th
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The US respects first sale doctrine as well. See Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. 555 F. Supp. 2d 1164. [0] However, the ability to resell a license doesn’t remove other conditions, e.g., restrictions on data center usage. [0] https://

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