OK, I read up on this topic, including copyright office circular 61,
which near the beginning has the following Note that is unclear to me:

You can still register using eCO and save money even if you will
submit a
hard-copy deposit,which is required under the mandatory deposit
requirements
for published works.

does this mean I am required to file a hard copy of the source code
even if I file it electronically? My program will be published, i.e.
it will be a commercial product.

Second Issue

I have obfuscated my source code, which means that the names of all
the functions and most variables have been mangled into a string of
what appears to random numbers and letters. for example,

private int SomeFunction

becomes

private int 9ru39rjf39ru930rjfejroieur04ruifjef9eur9

Hi,

I live in the US and sell hand-crafted jigsaw puzzles in the US.
Suppose I buy copyrighted art prints, mount them, and cut them up.
Can I legally sell the puzzles without permission from the copyright
owner? I'm hoping this is analogous to selling used books.

What if I make the puzzle from only a small section of the original
print?

If any of the above is illegal, how about if my customer buys the art
and sends it to me for mounting and cutting? I'm assuming neither of
us would be breaking the law in that case.

If you could point me to the law that answers these questions, I'd
appreciate it.

James

Hi,

I am getting my Boundary problem solved and me and my neighbour have exactly
the same Boundary Deeds specially made for a nominal sum of £5.

The drawings are accurate to very inch but the Land Registry digital mapping
of my property is way out of accuracy.

How can I get this error rectified? I have some Surveyors and they found the
variation or mistake? Are these lines one Metre wide as this mistake falls
within a Metre.

Part 2 of __
On Sep 19, 8:35 am, Cy Pres wrote:

That's a pretty fair summary of the _naive_ legal idealism underlying
the common law jurisprudence. IMO, although I am (as you may have
noticed) a fairly liberal realist, situational ethicist, etc., I
concede, nay insist, that such realism must be rooted in and always
refer back to a shared ideal of "justice" or else it degenerates into
nothing but self-serving justifications for what you wanted to do
anyway.
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OK, my test post went thru (MODERATOR -feel free to delete the earlier
TEST POST)

Maybe the problem was, my message was too long for Google Groups.
SO, I'll try breaking it up into smaller sections. Here's Part 1

On Sep 19, 8:35 am, Cy Pres wrote:

Actually, I don't come down on the side of either the Platonic
idealists, or the legal realists. There is a little bit of both
processes at work in the law, which is a main reason why retroactivity
is such a thorny issue (as Cy Pres so eloquently discussed at length
in the post to which this reply is directed).

[quoting philmont706h4@gmail.com, which discusses contradictory
disclaimers: email with disclaimer that it is only for the intended
recipient, yada yada, vs. website that sends all email is theirs to do
what they like with. Which would win in court?]

I think that's an excellent summary.

To go back to first principles...

Hello everybody,

I am doing some research, as part of my college studies, on
california
state law.
I am trying (desperately) to find where in the California articles of
incorporation, does it says that a listed company that is established
in another state, but with most its turnover produced in california,
and with more than
half its share capital belonging to shareholders resident in
california, may be considered, as far as internal company affairs, as
if it were california-based.

I know this is particularly difficult question, but I have no idea
where I could find this info. I have leafed through the California
Corporations Code, but I'd have to at least know under which heading I
need to look...
If you could give me some
info on where I could begin, what keywords I could use, anything...
I'd appreciate it very, very, very much...!

thanks in advance!

I have a friend who is a greencard holder (soon a U.S. Citizen) who brings
her mother to the U.S. from a foreign country for a visit once a year.
Her mother is elderly, and we want to know what are the options for health
insurance while she stays here? If anyone knows of specific companies
offering this, or maybe HMOs in California that would agree to sell maybe
three months of coverage, I would appreciate the references.

In the event that she comes to the U.S. and has no insurance, what are the
legal implications for my friend if her mother becomes ill? Even a few
weeks stay in an intensive care unit could probably bankrupt someone given
the outrageous costs of healthcare in the U.S. It's not clear to us if the
hospitals would have any legal obligation to care for her mother given that
she has no status in U.S. except as a visitor, and could they force my
friend's family to be legally responsible for all of the medical bills
(charged at the full retail rate I'm sure)?

Any advice on a viable strategy for the family here is appreciated.

We are in Canada. My DH has a Domestic Contract with his ex-wife from
when they separated. In that contract his ex agreed to pay her credit
card payments, he agreed to pay his credit card payments. Well, about
6 months into the separation (Canada requires a one year separation to
get a no-fault divorce) DH's ex files bankruptcy. The credit card
company comes after my DH to have him pay for the credit card. They
prove that he did indeed sign the contract for the credit card, though
he didn't remember doing so. My DH has now paid off about half of the
$13,700 credit card debt his ex left him with.

DH's ex recently started working a real job and has some income. We
are looking at filing against her to get back the large amount of
money that she agreed to pay. I think it might be too large an amount
for Small Claims court. So, here are my questions...

1) Do we have to wait until my DH has paid off the full credit card
before taking this to court to get the money back?

2) What court would we file in for this? (Civil court?) And what
kind of filing would we do?

I purchased a home two years ago in PA using an 2y ARM loan. The idea
was that I would refinance the ARM loan, which has a high interest rate,
and get a better fixed-rate loan before the ARM adjusted. The problem is
that my mortgage came with a prepayment penalty for the duration of the
2 years which I was not made aware of until signing the documents at the
closing table. I could have backed out at closing, but that would have
meant forfeiting $15K deposit.

The prepayment penalty effectively locked me into the bad mortgage and
the now excessively high payments have finally driven me to a point
where I will be faced with forclosure. My question is, is there anything
I can do to fight the foreclosure and somehow keep my home by calling
them out on the deceptive prepayment penalty they "snuck" in at the end?
I have an 80/20 loan on the house - is there any way I can have the 20%%
loan converted to unsecured, so that I can file bankruptcy and discharge
it then refinace the 80%% portion? Please share some creative
possibilities for dealing with this matter. Thanks.