grabeh

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   by grabeh 14y ago

   Hey, thanks for the response! I just didn't want anyone getting screwed over by unscrupulous behaviour!
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   by grabeh 14y ago

   It seems a little strange to me that either party can terminate at any point without cause when there may be an agreement to vest shares in place, at least in the UK version. Shares do continue to vest during the notice period but this is l
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   by grabeh 14y ago

   http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442902 Here's the previous discussion on here of the same article.
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   by grabeh 14y ago

   I don't think there's any such thing as an acceptable amount of time to create a prototype. The amount of passion you have for the idea and the other parts of your life that take your time will feed into how long it will take to create a pr
5. 215.▲
   by grabeh 14y ago

   I'm no marketeer I'm afraid! A cheap way would be for you to search for folks on twitter posting information about lost/found items and point them to your site?
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   by grabeh 14y ago

   Great work on putting the site together - I like the concept and it all fits together in terms of reporting and finding items so nice work! I did find an oyster card the day so I've reported that missing... I would personally go for TTIFoun
7. 217.▲
   by grabeh 14y ago

   It can be argued either way as to whether copyright vests in basic documents like terms of use, however, I would advise you to err on the side of caution and assume that if they aren't clearly marked as being free to reuse (for example unde
8. 218.▲
   by grabeh 14y ago

   Surely it depends on the extent to which the time the work will take will change depending on external factors. A fixed fee for a first draft of terms and conditions is very different to a fixed fee for litigating a dispute to trial. I obvi
9. 219.▲
   by grabeh 14y ago

   I think they chose the wrong lawyer to speak with. From what I can tell, he's a lawyer more versed in dealing with much larger companies and venture capital transactions as opposed to the typical start-up (if such a thing exists). Particula
10. 220.▲
    by grabeh 14y ago

    You are right - the risk is of course that with a bad law on the books, the enforcement strategy could change at any moment.
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I think the problem is that you are aware of this profiling in the first place. Many are not. At least if they are informed, they can make a decision as to whether or not they care about it. I don't know where I lie on the divide between th
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I do enjoy a self-propagandising and excessively hyperbolic headline. In principle the law has an honest objective to increase user awareness of cookies. I just don't understand all the developers on here jumping around at the outrageousne
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    It looks like there may be two separate grounds, impersonation and infringement. Removing instagram references may help with the impersonation claim but not necessarily with the infringement claim...
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    Sometimes takedowns can be as simple as your app coming across the radar of the company whilst others aren't noticed. The concept of fair use covers various set grounds like education, comment and reporting. I don't think your usage would f
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    "The Instagram Services contain Content of Users and other Instagram licensors. Except as provided within this Agreement, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content a
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    It is of course very difficult to forecast into the future and that is the problem with intervention into free market matters. I do think it is interesting to note the German approach in terms of protecting publishers, and how there appear
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    Initially, Amazon set prices at whatever level they wanted because they had a distribution model with publishers. This means the publisher would charge a set price to Amazon and Amazon could then charge whatever it liked to end-consumers. A
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    You make a case for the redundancy of CVs but then at the end point him in the direction of what is effectively a CV. If you're going to point him in the direction of a CV substitute, I would just attach a copy to the email to save the hass
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I think in the case of professionals, supply to the market is regulated by professional standards boards which limit entry into the profession. Due to this pre-existing restriction, I am not surprised the courts would hold that people withi
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    Although the argument relayed in the comic could be stated in a couple of pages, I believe the point of the comic is to mock the judge for imposing a 5-page limit as this is an insufficient amount of space in which to relay the full argumen
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    If the documents are in relatively stable form and there won't be much negotiation, it absolutely makes sense for a law firm to do this for free particularly as you are then establishing a relationship with what is viable start-up. At least
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    What you will need will depend on the jurisdiction, however, even if there is an implied transfer, you should put in place a full written agreement. This will deal with: - assignment - further assurance (so they will sign other docs if nece
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I think the ICO has acknowledged the issues with the law and as a result is taking a gentle approach to enforcing the law (which the OP's crusade seems at odds with...). I think it's a good idea to attempt to increase user awareness of how
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    True - although this does rather increase the irony of the OP being involved as co-founder of what appears on first glance to be a daily deals website. I'm not saying it's crap but I'm not sure it's solving a 'real problem' of the type allu
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I'm inclined to agree, but I'm always interested to think about potential angles and negotiation ploys. Heck, maybe there wasn't even a written agreement in place!
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I am suggesting that a right of first refusal etc was incorporated into any agreement with LR as a result of negotiation rather than that they felt entitled to it. Clearly if they were retained to perform services with a specific scope whic
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    I appreciate the sentiment but I don't think it is quite as simple as imploring people to focus on solving actual problems. The creative spirit isn't quite as straightforward as that nor is everyone capable of that 'Eureka!' moment. Also ma
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    It sounds from Leo Randall's blog that they took an assignment of Asylum Film's film and if this is the case, they were free to do whatever they wanted with it, including making derivative works or works substantially reproducing it. Still,
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    As you suggest, I would imagine crown copyright still applies but is simplu being licensed out. Pwrhaps ironically, the existing direct gov page has information on permitted uses of crown copyright materials. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Si
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    by grabeh 14y ago

    The main reason I posted was in the hope of triggering discussion over the method used to analyse the text. I've seen users getting a lower score simply by separating out a block of text into numbered paragraphs which would seem to point to