Who can audit?

I posted the question on Twitter the other day: “How does the SPA have the authority to audit software license use?  In thousands of licenses I’ve never given them that right.” I was looking for some insight that I might have missed.  In the world of contracts, your license actually will specifically state who has [...]

New Client Availability

I have a single vacancy in my client list that I’m looking to fill. My clients are typically organizations that fall into one of three obvious categories: small organizations who need a contract negotiator for individual large deals; medium-sized organizations seeking to create a contract management team; and, large organizations who can benefit from strategic [...]

This Week on The Web 2009-10-11

These are the discussions that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again.  Come join the party on twitter (follow me here and you’ll participate in the conversation live.) I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below.  Sorry.  [...]

Announcing the Software Licensing Education Series on DVD

The saying goes that you don’t appreciate someone else until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. The same can be said for appreciating process. While it is still extremely easy to create new digital works in almost any medium, converting them – especially for sale – is still challenging. So it gives me great [...]

Response to 50 Tips

James Martin, an attorney in St. Petersburg, Florida has an article on his website regarding 50 tips for writing contracts that stay out of court.  Most of the suggestions are good… a few are a little dated.  This is my response to the dated things on his list: 3.  Ask your client for a similar [...]

This Week on The Web 2009-09-20

These are the discussions that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again.  Come join the party on twitter (follow me here and you’ll participate in the conversation live.) I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below.  Sorry.  [...]

This Week on The Web 2009-09-13 (my birthday edition)

It happens to be my birthday weekend and between eating some great food, playing Guitar Hero with my wife and hanging with the family, these are the things that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again – there were some REALLY great discussions going [...]

This Week on The Web 2009-09-06

The things that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again. I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below.  Sorry.  These are “tweets”, 140 maximum character messages sent via Twitter.  Within the Twitterverse individual users follow others and [...]

Brittle Contracts

David Dobrin (of The Applicator fame) wrote recently on the topic of brittle applications.  He defines a brittle application as “one that doesn’t work unless a lot of disparate conditions are met.”  In thinking about his description of MS-Word, I was struck by the concept that many contracts I encounter are brittle as well. To [...]

This Week on The Web 2009-08-30

The things that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again. I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below.  Sorry.  These are “tweets”, 140 maximum character messages sent via Twitter.  Within the Twitterverse individual users follow others and [...]

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