alt Hacker NewsDo you have any issues with thr tech industry selling software licenses?
Because a lawyer selling a contract template, is in many ways, very similar in concept to tech industry selling a software license/seat.
They are both akin to “templates”, and selling IP.
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atherton94027 • today at 4:41 AM
They still need to proofread the doc and make sure it applies to their client though?
thayne • today at 4:51 AM
I think it is more akin to paying a software contractor to make something to meet your specific need, and they give you an off the shelf product (which they may or may not have made themselves).
beaned • today at 4:39 AM
One is transparent and the other feels like a lie.
Not in principle, but in practice.
The difference is that lawyers typically charge by the hour. Software is not sold based on how long it took to create.
So, if a lawyer bills $1000 for "10 seconds of work", it smells fraudulent.
If $1000 was a flat rate, then it's similar to software: you're purchasing some IP and passing off legal liability to the lawyer. How long the lawyer spent on it doesn't matter.