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Originally posted by Orko Concept? No, never! Code? Yes, definitely.

/end thread
they are suing on basis of a concept, since he was asked to write a code, which is by default his

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew /end thread they are suing on basis of a concept, since he was asked to write a code, which is by default his

LOL you should go into law kris.

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Originally posted by Provocative_boi LOL you should go into law kris.

I took a course in econ. law in Fall'06

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Originally posted by EvilTree Can you patent a concept in cyberspace? (ie Facebook?)

well thats where intellectual property laws come into effect.

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew /end thread they are suing on basis of a concept, since he was asked to write a code, which is by default his

When you write code for a company it becomes their property, and they can make a claim for it. In this case, it seems that he did not end up writing any code for this company, but the employment/contractor contract he signed likely contained a "work in progress" clause, which makes all his work also the property of the company.

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Originally posted by TO guy When you write code for a company it becomes their property, and they can make a claim for it. In this case, it seems that he did not end up writing any code for this company, but the employment/contractor contract he signed likely contained a "work in progress" clause, which makes all his work also the property of the company.

exactly, when he's hired to do something all the code becomes the property of the company because he got paid for it.
Also how in the hell can you protect the code? if i take a chunk of the code how are you gonna prove that i didn't write it myself, load of bs.

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Originally posted by TO guy When you write code for a company it becomes their property, and they can make a claim for it. In this case, it seems that he did not end up writing any code for this company, but the employment/contractor contract he signed likely contained a "work in progress" clause, which makes all his work also the property of the company.

the clause is possible

my only concern is - Facebook is around for what, 2 years now? and they are suddenly suing now? greedy bastards

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew the clause is possible my only concern is - Facebook is around for what, 2 years now? and they are suddenly suing now? greedy bastards

Totally agreed, but look what happened to RIM. They got sued by a patent holder that never even tried to bring a product to market.

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew my only concern is - Facebook is around for what, 2 years now? and they are suddenly suing now? greedy bastards

The case was filed 3 years ago:

http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2...tThefacebookcom

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker The case was filed 3 years ago: http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2...tThefacebookcom

doesn't it have an "expiry date" so to speak?

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