Status of the picture book
Nicu Buculei
nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Tue Mar 3 14:59:50 UTC 2009
Michael Naughton wrote:
> Nicu:
>
> Frankly, companies usually use clauses like this to dissuade individuals
> from suing them. Effectively, by signing the document the company and
> individual agree to the location of any possible lawsuit and what type
> of law that is to be applied. In the United States each state has its
> own law. Some states' law is more favorable for certain positions than
> others. For example, many corporations use Delaware as their state of
> incorporation because it is seen as having a body of state law that is
> more corporation friendly.
Mike,
I fully understand that, but I am living in the EU and most likely will
never get into Delaware, so the chances of me going into Delaware to sue
Red Hat are ZERO. And why I would prefer a corporate-friendly law in
Delaware instead of a citizen-friendly law from Europe?
And I guess I can claim at any time that not being a native English
speaker (even more, not having *ever* learned English formally) I didn;t
fully understood what I signed. You know, a citizen-friendly European
law may be helpful here :p
> Nicu Buculei wrote:
>> Michael Naughton wrote:
>>> I'm coming into this a bit late, but I couldn't help but wonder if
>>> there was any discussion with Red Hat legal concerning inserting a
>>> choice of law and choice of forum clause in the Model and
>>> Contribution release. By adding these clauses, the signee would
>>> agree to litigate the issue by the specified law (New York, Delaware,
>>> etc.) and location (presumably most easily accessible for Red
>>> Hat/Fedora legal department). I would be happy to whip something
>>> together and pass it along. (Disclosure: I am an attorney licensed
>>> to practice in Michigan).
>>
>> I am a potential photographer living in the Europe, the people posing
>> for me will be most likely from the EU, what do we should care about
>> states in the USA?
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