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by rprasad 15y ago
The forms themselves are easy, even trivial to fill out. However, the Secretaries of State generally do not have the resources to fully modernize their filing systems to handle web-based submissions. Also, in many cases (i.e., California),
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That would not help. Supreme Court filings are so specialized that they generally only apply to cases being heard before the Supreme Court. The documents underlying the cases litigated before the Supreme Court (i.e., contracts, etc.) are
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There is a difference between being in public and being followed. You have no expectation of not being seen while in public, but you do have a reasonable expectation not to be followed everywhere you go, including into presumably non-publi
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by rprasad 15y ago
Counter: subpoeana Pinterest for the IP address(es) used to access its site using that email address, then subpoena the ISPs.
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There are substantial differences between movies and other forms of art (i.e,. photos, books, music, etc.), such that what applies to one form may not (and usually, does not) apply to the others.
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The difference, though, is that adding something to your favorites is simply adding it to a list; copying is incidental. Adding a movie to your harddrive by necessity requires the act of copying. And in the courtroom, that distinction makes
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No, you won't. I say this as a lawyer: if you're scared of doing something because of the legal "ramifications", then you clearly did not understand what you were told, or you're thinking of doing some really serious stuff. The lawer in th
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by rprasad 15y ago
Reported budgets for movies do not include marketing, as such costs are highly variable. Thus, those $200 million budgets are the budgets for making the movie, with additional outlay for marketing the movie.
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There is no tax advantage in the U.S. to splitting a dividend into two years. Dividends are taxed at a flat rate, currently 15%.
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In general, most programmers would probably just use an IDE to refactor that for them.
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Sir, I will have you know that I may program in .Net or Java from time to time, and I may not have any style, but I am most certainly not a dork!
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Assuming that the actually followed the DMCA, they would have recourse in tort law primarily for interference in contract, and malicious prosecution. There are other torts, none of which they would be likely to succeed in pursuing. In such
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You're mistaking evidence of creation with the ability to enforce the copyright. The first goes to your ability to win your case, the second goes to your ability to even file the case in the first place.
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If nothing else, make the app as practice for taking your ideas from concept to reality. Besides, you can always compete on metrics other than execution, i.e., price or features.
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Labor laws are not restricted to citizens or employees. Anyone who performs "labor" for someone else is protected by labor laws. However, some types of labor laws (such as overtime restrictions or worker's comp for injuries) may be limite
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They are not prohibiting tech employees from receiving overtime, nor are they prohibiting companies from paying tech employees overtime. The law simply does not require companies to pay overtime to tech employees (along with other, more t
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by rprasad 15y ago
Except that it's not legally valid in the U.S. or in Europe, where courts will not and cannot enforce a copyright which has not been registered with a recognized copyright authority (i.e., the U.S. copyright office or its equivalents in t
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by rprasad 15y ago
Talk to a lawyer. Do not make legally binding decisions based on advice you get from the internet. But as the other commenters have noted (including the dead guy): do not sign an NDA to talk with an investor. NDAs should not be part of th
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by rprasad 15y ago
Styles (available since 2007). Mailmerge/Datasources tools (Office 97 or earlier). Bibliography/References tool (Office 2000 or earlier). By the way, Office has used an XML format since 2007.
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I see what you did there. You made fun of a company that's in the slumps to promote your own little product. Too bad Yahoo Pipes works, and your product does not. So should we say that Yahoo Pipes is like cerrio, but works?
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Yes, but those companies aren't called startups. They're called businesses .
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Double jeopardy specifically only bars a person from being charged for the same (allegedly criminal) act multiple times in the same jurisdiction . In other words, a person can be charged in federal and states courts separately for the exac
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Double jeopardy applies to the same act , not the same crime. You cannot be tried for the same act twice if the case is fully resolved (i.e., it ends with a plea or a verdict or an appeals court renders a decision that "prejudice" shall a
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by rprasad 15y ago
Try reaching out to Giant Media (giantmedia.com). They match up viral videos/targeted media ads with demographic-appropriate websites. They can help provide some additional monetization.
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For starters, there are restrictions on the use of the Double Irish structure that generally limit the benefits to IP-based companies (i.e., technology, media, etc.), which is why most of the companies structured this way are technology com
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Long story short: The original story was actually written by a freelancer that sold the story to a newspaper which The Phoenix gobbled up. The freelancer may have retained the copyrights to the story, except for the serial publication righ
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And management chooses the underwriters, who therefore will conform their requirements to management's demands, as they have here . Underwriters frequently try to impose lockouts, but its the management who actually sets the terms, which i
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Actually, it is a death tax. The Gingrich Congress passed it to discentivize people from dying. :P
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For the majority of his life, until the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Warren Buffet's "tax skirting" still meant paying more than 25% rates on his income. Effective tax rates (accounting for inflation) now are lower than they were at any time sin
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In the Mormon Church, tithing is required to attend services, and especially to use church facilities for major life events (i.e., weddings or baptisms). Effectively, tithing is a tax levied by the Mormon Church on Mormons.

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