Overview
Protect your rights, and your hard work!The laws covering website and software development are complex and confusing, but if you don't untangle them, it could cost you thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees and lawsuits.
Fortunately, Legal Guide to Web & Software Development decodes this complex area of the law, thoroughly and in reader-friendly English. It also provides contracts, agreements and legal forms on CD-ROM, with step-by-step instructions for filling them out, so you can protect your software and website without paying a lawyer's ransom.
Use Legal Guide to Web & Software Development to learn:
• what kind of legal protection you need
• the strengths and limitations of each type of protection
• how to avoid infringement
• which provisions you need when drafting an agreement
• how to obtain permission to use other people's materials
You'll find complete, step-by-step instructions to draft:
• employment agreements
• contractor and consultant agreements
• development agreements
• license agreements
The 5th edition of Legal Guide to Web & Software Development is completely update to provide the latest case law and statutory revisions.
Synopsis
Protect your rights, and your hard work!
The laws covering website and software development are complex and confusing, but if you don't untangle them, it could cost you thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees and lawsuits.
Fortunately, Legal Guide to Web & Software Development decodes this complex area of the law, thoroughly and in reader-friendly English. It also provides contracts, agreements and legal forms on CD-ROM, with step-by-step instructions for filling them out, so you can protect your software and website without paying a lawyer's ransom.
Use Legal Guide to Web & Software Development to learn:
• what kind of legal protection you need
• the strengths and limitations of each type of protection
• how to avoid infringement
• which provisions you need when drafting an agreement
• how to obtain permission to use other people's materials
You'll find complete, step-by-step instructions to draft:
• employment agreements
• contractor and consultant agreements
• development agreements
• license agreements
The 5th edition of Legal Guide to Web & Software Development is completely update to provide the latest case law and statutory revisions.
Entrepreneur
Covers every imaginable detail important to such a rapidly growing and intangible medium.
Editorials
EDS Research
Here is a timely education into the basic legal issues that should be understood by every programmer, designer, and manager. At last, in one book, you can read all about... intellectual property, employment and contracts.Entrepreneur
Covers every imaginable detail important to such a rapidly growing and intangible medium.Oman3D.com
An essential read for web and software developers looking for a straightforward legal guide...PC Magazine
An amazing book! A must for anyone in the software business... Answers nearly every legal question you can imagine and some you would have never thought of. Highest recommendation!— John Dvorak
PC Techniques Magazine
This book passes my own personal test for legal guides -- that it be easily readable for people who detest lawyers -- and passes it with higher marks than any other legal guide I've come across.— Jeff Duntemann