rprasad

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by rprasad 15y ago
It's not the information that is copyrighted, it's the selection of what countries fall into what regions (and what to call the regions), which countries or cities to include, the order of the geographic regions, and even the order in which
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by rprasad 15y ago
You would get a TIN (taxpayer identification number), which is essentially an SSN or EIN for foreign taxpayers.
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by rprasad 15y ago
Office space and retail space share the same zoning in most cities (at least Berkeley did, while I lived there), so the problem is likely the landlords.
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by rprasad 15y ago
Crucial point you are ignoring: if you do not have the rights to the font, then you do not have the rights to the derivative works based on the font. A license to use an image does not necessarily include the license to use the elements mak
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by rprasad 15y ago
Dividend withholding depends on your home country, so the actual amount that the company would be required to withhold is between 0% and 30% (inclusive). Really, the best idea if you want to do something like this would involve two companie
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by rprasad 15y ago
I tried out the site that is the subject of the OP (Knack for Teachers). I heartily agree with the sentiments of the OP. The problem wasn't the customer base, the problem was the product itself. In a word, it sucked. (Okay, two words). T
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by rprasad 15y ago
You don't need to be a lawyer to know whether you are breaking the law for something like this. It's very simple: Are you trying to buy stuff? --> You're okay, unless... Are you trying to buy stuff that you know is stolen? --> That'
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by rprasad 15y ago
Which thankfully, does not apply to criminal charges in America. Where an intent element of "knowledgeable" must be proved, it must be proved that the specific individual knew, or should have known X. "Should have known" is a catch-som
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by rprasad 15y ago
If you knowingly purchase stolen goods, you are guilty of a crime. If the seller swears the goods aren't stolen and even signs a contract to that effect, you aren't guilty of a crime unless you know that the goods actually are stolen.
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by rprasad 15y ago
In other words, you would replace the IRS with the PRS (pre-revenue service)? And Main Street with the Back Alley, where you pay no taxes at all? And incentivize export businesses over domestic businesses (b/c exported goods are never taxe
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by rprasad 15y ago
And I can assure you that he has not committed a felony every day last week. You clearly don't understand the difference between regulatory infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies. A felony is a serious crime punishable by more than a year
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by rprasad 15y ago
No, nor have you broken the law as it is written. The key factor here is that the statement must be made about a matter in which a federal investigative or regulatory agency has authority to pursue legal actions, i.e., in relation to an in
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by rprasad 15y ago
If you can't afford one and you are make less than a low threshold above the local poverty limit. The test looks at assets and income, ignoring liabilities (except for necessary ongoing medical expenses).
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by rprasad 15y ago
In America, a lawyer and an attorney are one and the same; both refer to licensed practitioners of the law. You do not come become a lawyer merely by going to law school (except in Wisconsin, if you go to a law school in Wisconsin). People
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by rprasad 15y ago
Yes. It's not criminally illegal to lie to your employer about hours worked. On the other hand, if you're lying to your employer about hours worked on a government contract, that may be a different story. What most armchair lawyers forget
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by rprasad 15y ago
Incorporating without sufficient capital makes it almost trivial to "pierce the veil" of incorporation and go directly after the company's owners.
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by rprasad 15y ago
Actually, in the US and Europe, there are laws governing Bitcoin transactions as securities or future. It's simply that the enforcing agencies haven't yet decided which of them has jurisdiction over Bitcoin. By the way, did you know that b
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by rprasad 15y ago
Standards are much higher when money is involved, especially when the sole purpose of the product/app is to manage money. You don't get to put off adding security; for a financial application like yours, security needs to be a foundational
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by rprasad 15y ago
tptacek is a security expert with almost as many years of experience in that area as you've been alive. Arguing with him about the merits of your security system would be like you arguing with an NBA veteran about the best way to slam dunk
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by rprasad 15y ago
This would be one of the situations where a BigLaw lawyer is a benefit and not just a horrible waste of money. (BigLaw = 500+ lawyer law firms, like Skadden, Cravath, Wilson Sonsini, etc). Those lawyers will personally have the experience
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by rprasad 15y ago
The key phrase, of course, is that sales people are "usually" but not always exempt employees. Actions speak louder than words, and treating a purported-exempt employee as a non-exempt employee (i.e., compensating them based on hours worked
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by rprasad 15y ago
Why are people marking him down for making a factually accurate statement? Yoga is a form of Hindu mysticism which was practiced by Hindu ascetics as a form of religous penance or as part of their meditations. Yoga came to the West as a f
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by rprasad 15y ago
Anyone who would buy MarketBrief already has superior tools for parsing SEC filings. The SEC does not impose a standard filing format, so MarketBrief must generate a parser/rule set for every company. Essentially, they do the same thing t
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by rprasad 15y ago
Agreed. The primary issue with an S-to-C conversion is that any assets with built-in-gain (i.e., worth more now than when they were acquired) may result in "immediate" income to the corporation. This is not an issue for most startups, unle
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by rprasad 15y ago
That would instigate a bank run by BofA's account holders, and possibly bank runs by account holders at other banks worried about the stability of their own financial institution. In other words, total financial collapse of the American eco
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Santa Monica-based BetterWorks Offers Employee Perks For Startups(huffingtonpost.com)
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by rprasad 15y ago
The reason for subsidizing rural mail delivery can be found in the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 (aka, the Postal Clause). The Founding Fathers considered postal delivery to be important enough to mandate it in the Const
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Elevator Labs: an L.A. start-up building L.A. start-ups(latimesblogs.latimes.com)
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by rprasad 15y ago
Might want to point out that this is limited to Texas-based clients. I assume of course, that hn in your username means Houston.
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by rprasad 15y ago
If Cali-based, form an LLC in California. You derive no tax advantage from organizing an LLC out-of-state. You cannot form an S-Corp if you have non-resident founders (anyone who is not a US citizen or permanent resident), which sounds l

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