Legal Guide to Web & Software Development (book with CD-Rom)

Legal Guide to Web & Software Development (book with CD-Rom)

Product Type: Book

Product Price: $44.99

Manufacturer: NOLO

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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, 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.

    Reviews

    Rating: 5 / 5
    Date: 2008-02-08
    Summary: "Everything I needed..."

    I needed to write up a web-development contract as an independent contractor. Previously, I had used bits and pieces of other contracts but never quite knew what some of the paragraphs meant. A colleague recommended this book, I bought it and have not regretted it. One of the biggest helps is the author explains the meaning of every paragraph of the contract and makes recommendations in your favor. I finally wrote a contract that I understood and was comfortable handing to the client. And what's even better is they signed it without any changes! I just copied the legal agreements directly from the CD-ROM, modified them to suit the context and sent it off. Also explains the need to register copyrights, and legal stuff related to web sites.

    Rating: 4 / 5
    Date: 2008-02-08
    Summary: "Good, though not exactly a textbook"

    Had to buy this for an E-Commerce class I'm taking in law school -- I guess it was the closest thing to a textbook the professor could find. Very useful and straightforward.