Hee, a fellow lawyer. (I went to law school and am licensed in Kansas. Worked for 7 years in copyright law as a manager of rights and permissions for a library reference company, and currently work with construction contracts in NY.)
And it is annoying, isn't it?
The gal that I was talking about -- didn't go to law school, but was negotiating contracts and handling copyright issues. She had a layman's knowledge of it. I see it a lot in my current field.
There used to be a site on lj entitled fandomlawyers which was rather fascinating. Copyright/Digital Copyright Law is rather dicey, because it just keeps changing with technology. I remember there'd be a new wrinkle or new case changing everything just about every year when I was doing it in the 1990s. The Napster case was the big one, caused all sorts of issues. (I was acquiring and licensing content for a major library reference database. Do not miss it. Construction contracts are far more interesting and much more lucrative. Copyright Law was just headache inducing. Not sure it's gotten much better.)
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Date: 2017-11-05 01:03 am (UTC)And it is annoying, isn't it?
The gal that I was talking about -- didn't go to law school, but was negotiating contracts and handling copyright issues. She had a layman's knowledge of it. I see it a lot in my current field.
There used to be a site on lj entitled fandomlawyers which was rather fascinating. Copyright/Digital Copyright Law is rather dicey, because it just keeps changing with technology. I remember there'd be a new wrinkle or new case changing everything just about every year when I was doing it in the 1990s. The Napster case was the big one, caused all sorts of issues. (I was acquiring and licensing content for a major library reference database.
Do not miss it. Construction contracts are far more interesting and much more lucrative. Copyright Law was just headache inducing. Not sure it's gotten much better.)