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| Web and Software Development: A Legal Guide (With CD-ROM) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen Fishman
Publisher: Nolo Press
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 836415
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0873376455
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.73048
EAN: 9780873376457
ASIN: 0873376455
Publication Date: March 31, 2002
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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, Web & Software Development decodes this complex area of the law, thoroughly and in reader-friendly English.The book 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 Web & Software Development to learn: *what kind of intellectual-property 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 & consultant agreements *web & software development agreements *license agreements The 3rd edition is completely updated to include website development, as well as the latest in intellectual property law.
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 Well worth the money for the do-it-your-self-er, small business! July 26, 2007
After careful research, I choose this Nolo book when it came time to license my company's software. I guess it's silly after spending so much moola to develop software, to not go to an attorney, but I like to think I can figure out all this stuff on my own. I looked at a lot of user agreements online, I figured I could just put together something the big guns paid a lot of money for. If their agreements worked for them, they should work for me. But, I didn't want to plagarize them, and, well, you never know what you don't know and you can't be too careful in business these days. What you don't know is what will bring you down. I have used many NOLO books as guides and trust them. They are always easy to skim and read. I also bought Quicken's Legal Business Pro 2007 software. The sum of the 2 is way less than attorney fees, and now I understand it myself as well. I am so happy I bought this book with a CD because it made me realize how important it is to also protect our work with copyrights, trademarks, agreements, etc. Most importantly, I found out who owns the software we paid to develop, and it's not us, surprisingly! So I have to get that signed off before I can license it to someone else. It's not in depth but I don't think it's meant to be, it's a GUIDE, people. Now I will buy NOLO's books to guide me through the process for legal protection. The employment & consulting agreement chapters were not useful to me, but they may be to someone else. There are other books devoted to that and NOLO has them too. (check out their website and e-mail newsletters.)I feel I got more information than I expected and know what to do to take the next steps. Very important info for CA users, the laws are not the same as other states,(what's different?) and this book points the differences out. The format is such that one is able to cut and paste together the different parts and verbiage you need which will apply to your needs. Buy the book and get your bright yellow highlighter out!
 Fastest, cheapest, 200-level education out there! April 18, 2007
Nolo delivers again with its guide to web and software development. The book is easy to read, has sufficient tips and examples, and is a great primer.
It does not get into incredible detail on any one subject, but that's not its purpose either. It gives you sufficient resources (including the necessary forms) to get a software company or product started. When the product / company start growing fast, it's worth doing a review with an attorney, but not until then.
I recommend buying this if you are: a software developer looking to go freelance; starting a software company; or doing any consultant work in web or software development.
Excellent Legal Contracts October 18, 2006
I found this book most useful for the CD-ROM's legal contracts. As a consultant, I use these for all my clients.
I have found my clients legal contracts to be biased entirely in their favor rather than this CD's contracts which tend to be fair and balanced, protecting both parties.
 Good content, bad editing October 16, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There is a lot of good information and discussion in this book about the topics which a contract should cover. It falls down, however, when it comes to the actual contracts. Just comparing the website and the custom software contracts, there are differences where there shouldn't be. In the software contract, it's the Customer, in the website contract, it's the Client. A bit more than half of the contract sections with (mostly) identical headings and purpose have unexplained differences between them. Many of these differences are not trivial. In the text, the contracts are interleaved with explanations, but often the commentary/annotations are just restatements of the contract itself, which is a real time-waster, especially if you've read the background material earlier in the book. Other occasional editing snafus include explanatory comments inside the contract text, formatting syntax commands on the page (END SECTION), and a less than clear and concise structure for indicating optional clauses (the intended combinations aren't always clear, even though customization is to be expected). Given the fuzzy line between a website and a web application (ie 'custom software' (and really, what website is NOT custom?)), and given the marked similarities in over half of the two contracts, why not cover the overlapping sections just once, instead of twice, but inconsistently? And the sections that don't overlap, or overlap badly? No real explanation as to the reasons for the differences. I hope I don't have the same problems with the two versions of the independent contractor agreement. Fishman has written a pile of legal books for the layman, including the more recent "Consultant And Independent Contractor Agreements 5th Edition". I have to wonder: "Quantity over quality?" Perhaps when he is working on the next edition of this book ("Legal Guide to Web & Software Development", due out 8/2007), he will take the time to re-organize some of the content and get a capable editor. A determined reader can sort out the differences on their own, but it need not be so difficult. The content is 5 stars (including 24 documents in RTF format), but making it work for you is a real pain if you care about details.
This Book Delivers August 9, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A straightforward and well organized book.
I needed a brief on copyright ownership, a draft software licensing agreement and a software maintenance agreement. I got all 3 with this publication.
It is nice to find a book so fit for purpose.
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