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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
We've had an email from Rob Cheeseman, who says:
"I'd like to help out with your OwnTerms project.
A little about me: I'm a 3rd year law undergrad in the UK. I have previously worked for the Ministry of Justice, dealing specifically with unfair terms in consumer contracts under the Unfair ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Thanks to Jordan Hatcher, OwnTerms has gained a second privacy policy; while Jordan is a lawyer, and thus the document has been promoted to the main site swiftly, the policy will always need proofreading and improvements - feel free to chime in on the wiki or mailing list!
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Thanks to suggestions from Jon Phillips, OwnTerms has gained two new features:
A mailing list! If you're interested, head over here and subscribe. It should be fairly low-traffic and civil.
A roadmap for the future - and if you want to help out with anything on there, it'd be fantastic!
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
From a post to the cc-community mailing list, the wiki has gained another draft document - an AV recording release. We could really use a contract lawyer to give the documents on the wiki a proofread; if you can do that, pitch in!
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
The wiki has gained a third document: a draft Speaker Agreement, thanks to Siva Vaidhyanathan (and Gavin Baker, who pointed it out!)
Please head over there and help the checking process, particularly if you're a content lawyer and can give it a professional proofread.
I've also had a private email about whether ...
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Help setup the wiki, sign up if you want to, and help start a framework for folks to work in!
Donate your existing documents and contracts by giving them a Creative Commons license and adding them to the wiki!
Blog about the project and help get others interested!
Are you a contract lawyer ...
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Hello. This is OwnTerms, and it's intended as a clearinghouse for Creative Commons-licensed stock legal documents. Documents like web site terms and conditions, speaker contracts, simple web design contracts and so on.
Why? Because most businesses starting out just rip their terms and conditions from another site; because most freelance designers ...
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