You may not be able to sell data you’ve gathered about users, veteran IP guru Robert Bond of Speechly Bircham, London, tells JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason.
At a JFDI.Asia open house event last night Robert shared his journey from the start of the computer games era, helping software start-ups to protect their intellectual property, to the online world where he pioneered new legal precedents with Second Life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gouOVzckvKE
In this interview Robert Bond sheds light on the recent Facebook IP notices saga and gives practical advice to any start-up gathering information about securing the right to use it on when you come to raise funding or sell a business.
Robert’s discussion on IP and data management was incredibly useful.
Props to Mr. Bond, and to JFDI for bringing in the grandfather of video games
There’s more on this topic here: http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/media/rss/~3/C8hEAZ4EQ74/who-owns-content-you-upload