By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on July 13, 2010
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A recent bankruptcy of a now defunct website has me asking the question: What is more important? Creditors' rights or customers' personal information?
CNET reported yesterday about a website that catered to gay youth now in a
federal...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 19, 2010
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Over the course of the last decade, the act of publishing words, images and videos online has come to be a nearly ubiquitous pastime in America. Individuals now have the freedom to inexpensively and easily share everything from their art to their...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 10, 2010
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One area where companies can easily get into trouble is having unlicensed software on company computers. Computer software is protected under the U.S. Copyright Act. The Copyright Act provides for strict liability for possessing or using unlicensed...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 10, 2010
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As companies seek greater ways to find cost savings, the lure of contracting cheap labor overseas continues to grow. Outsourcing overseas is becoming increasingly common in the banking, financial services, retailing, insurance, and telecommunications...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 1, 2010
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You can help protect your identity, financial assets, and good credit, and avoid being a victim of insurance fraud, by taking these identity theft prevention measures:
Shred or tear up personal financial documents before discarding them.
Do not...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on February 16, 2010
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In working closely with technology providers over the years, I regularly discover that these companies are making common mistakes that devalue the company, leave revenue on the table, or jeopardize their long-term health. So this special article...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on February 14, 2010
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For some mysterious historical reason, the contract between the operator of a website and its customers long ago became known as the "terms and conditions" of the site-and back in those days (the Wild, Wild West of the 1990s), a good many operators of...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on October 11, 2007
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In the wake of the record-breaking September release of the Halo 3 videogame, which generated $170 million in its first 24 hours (making it the highest grossing entertainment product within 24-hours of release in history), and is estimated to have sold...(more)