Please join me (@mirskylegal) and fellow DC media law attorney Joy Butler (@joybutler) for a Twitter chat (hashtag: #lawchat1) discussing App Development/API legal issues, Tues 4/5, 1215pm, live @ PJ Clarke’s, 1600 K Street, NW, WDC (downstairs Sidecar restaurant). Limit 8 seats in person, please RSVP to andy@mediatechlaw.mstreetlegal.com. Join us in person, or join the discussion via twitter hashtag #lawchat1.
Possible topics:
- Compliance with third party requirements (Facebook, Twitter, Google) for use of APIs
- Permissible access to and use of customer data
- Use of open source code for development of software
- Development contract issues, including:
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- copyright ownership (“work for hire” or partial license? To what extent can developer use functionality/code on work for subsequent clients?)
- warranties, reps, indemnification
- importance of defining scope of work (work often done in phases)
- developer’s duty to fix bugs and provide maintenance after delivery
- international law/enforcement issues if developer and client are not both US based
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