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PRACTICE TIP
Recently a business associate of mine recorded a TV tech spot called 'Death of the Floppy.' When my friend told me the title of his program we laughed, but we started to talk about how far we have come in the type of removable media storage products that are now available to consumers.
In the marketplace today you will find the following major categories for removable storage media:
- Diskettes
- Tape Drives
- Optical Media such as CD/DVD's
Since users can have a variety of PC configurations, not everyone can read from every media type. For example, everyone with a 3.5 inch floppy drive can read a floppy that was made on another PC's as there is a common format. However, tapes and optical media do not follow a universal standard. For example if you need to give your accountant a backup of your accounting database, be sure that he/she can read from the media that you supply.
How to choose what media to use
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?