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Toward a Freer Community: Highlights of the Proposed GPL 3
Most software licenses forbid transfer and modification of the licensed software. The General Public License ('GPL') is designed to ensure exactly the opposite ' the freedom to modify and share software. According to the Free Software Foundation, the drafters of the GPL, all programs that are distributed under the GPL should be available to recipients to modify and distribute again. And any attempt to deny that freedom should be met with consequences, namely the loss of license rights under the GPL.
With the proliferation of software patents and the advent of measures such as Digital Rights Management ('DRM') since the release of version 2 of the GPL (GPL 2) in June 1991, each of which can be used to restrict the freedoms fundamental to the license, the Free Software Foundation set out to revise and update the GPL to preserve those freedoms. Accordingly, the principal revisions contained in version 3 (GPL 3) are directed to closing loopholes in GPL 2 that do not adequately protect against the assertion of a patent or use of DRM to prevent further use, modification, or re-distribution of a GPL program.
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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.
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.
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.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?