The It Digital Legal Companion

To compete effectively in digital business markets, you need to understand how the law affects your digital technology business. The contents include detailed plain English business and legal guidance on: * Securing Intellectual Property for Digital Business * Digital Contract Fundamentals * Open Source Rules and Strategies * Development, Consulting and Outsourcing * Software as a Service * Business Software Licensing, Partnering and Distribution * Web and Internet Agreements * Privacy on the Internet * Digital Multimedia Content Clearance and Distribution * IT Standards * Web and Mobile Technology and Content Deals * Video Game Development Deals * International Distribution * User-Created Content, Mash-ups, MMOGs and Web Widgets * And Much More Comprehensive Business and Legal Guidance including * Securing Intellectual Property for Digital Business * Digital Contract Fundamentals * Open Source Rules and Strategies * Development, Consulting and Outsourcing * Software as a Service * Business Software Licensing, Partnering, and Distribution * Web and Internet Agreements * Privacy on the Internet * Digital Multimedia Content Clearance and Distribution * IT Standards * Video Game Development and Content Deals * International Distribution * User-Created Content, Mash-Ups, MMOGs, and Web Widgets * And Much More Key Features: * Up-to-the-Moment Legal Guide * In Plain English * Includes 38 Contract and Web Forms in the Book and Online

This volume provides guidance on information acquisition, including copyright and contract matters.

Explains the copyright system, including guidelines for negotiating, protecting, and using copyrights legally.

"This book covers a wide range of digital product management issues and offers some insight into real-world practice and research findings on the technical, operational, and strategic challenges that face digital product managers and researchers now and in the next several decades"--Provided by publisher.

Don't sign a recording contract before reading this book! The Musician's Legal Companion, Second Edition gets to the core of the legal issues you need to know about, in clear, straightforward language. Here you'll find easy-to-comprehend explanations of the four main contracts used in the music business: recording artist, songwriter, artist management, and performance. You'll also discover how to make the relationship with your current or future attorney more fruitful and cost-effective. This new edition includes expanded coverage of topics such as the use of independent producers, 360° agreements, distribution and marketing agreements, how radio and other media fit into an artist's career, film and television agreements, digital distribution, name and likeness agreements, merchandising agreements, and much, much more. With more than 25 years in the music business as a lawyer, educator, and writer, interacting with many musicians both personally and professionally, Michael A. Aczon shares the many lessons he's learned and takes you on a journey to a better legal understanding of the entertainment industry and your music career.

If there's a software startup company in your developer heart, this is the book that will make it happen. The Web Startup Success Guide is your one-stop shop for all of the answers you need today to build a successful web startup in these challenging economic times. It covers everything from making the strategic platform decisions as to what kind of software to build, to understanding and winning the Angel and venture capital funding game, to the modern tools, apps and services that can cut months off development and marketing cycles, to how startups today are using social networks like Twitter and Facebook to create real excitement and connect to real customers. Bob Walsh, author of the landmark Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality, digs deep into the definition, financing, community–building, platform options, and productivity challenges of building a successful and profitable web application today.