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Re:DOJ: We don't need warrants for e-mail, Facebook chats by sp332 on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @05:22PM (#5677047)
Your interpretation of "consideration" is, according to the article you linked, the minority position. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration#Monetary_value_o...

I'm not sure what you mean by "you can't sign your rights away". IP is of course transferable.

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Re:DOJ: We don't need warrants for e-mail, Facebook chats by rhizome on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @11:26PM (#5678615)
IP is of course transferable.

Not without a signature on a document itemizing the IP being transferred.

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