Computer Blogger’s Perspective on The Law

Robert Scoble (self-decribed as a “Tech Geek Blogger”) is one of my absolute favorite bloggers on technical subjects. He’s a recently-former Microsoft employee who blogs about technical and business issues surrounding the internet and blogs and the phenomena folks call Web 2.0 and the like. He also writes well and, at times, beautifully and powerfully. At any rate, his blog is one we read all the time.

At any rate, Mr. Scoble made an interesting post the other day about lawyers and intellectual property and the role of cease and desist letters. His point, which is in response to a discussion about some letters sent by Google’s legal team, is that there are often important reasons us lawyers do things that may not always be apparent. The comments to the post are also helpful, and Scoble sums up his perspective in one of his responses to a commenter:

one reason I survived at Microsoft is I made friends with the lawyers and they explained their world to me and why they do seemingly stupid and lame things. But in their world those seemingly stupid and lame things will save your ass.

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There’s no particularly deep point here, but I thought some of the folks who read this blog to delve into the minutia of arbitration procedure might be interested in a glimpse at how folks on the other side see us and what we do. I’d also, again, recommend Scoble’s blog to anyone. Even if you don’t care about the technical substance (and much of what he blogs about is way over my head), his writing is excellent and his perspective is wise, and frankly that makes it worth reading in and of itself.

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