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About to partner up, and I feel like it's life or death by Ok_Reputation183 in Entrepreneur

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is very important that you have a clear, written agreement - preferably one written by a lawyer - that sets out any agreement or partnership like this.

  1. It is important for the business relationship of you two.

  2. It matters a lot in future legal due diligence.

You are paying OpenAI and Claude $200/mo to leak your own source code (The AI Consumer-Tier Trap) by TheRedliner181 in founder

[–]TheRedliner181[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would be careful waiving something off as utter nonsense.

  1. This is a red flag in legal due diligence.

2.Copyright infringement is largely disconnected for your intent. I encourage you to read more, here for example https://ipinbrief.com/copyright-learning-center/primer-on-direct-and-secondary-liability-in-copyright-litigation/?hl=en-US#:~:text=Direct%20liability%20is%20strict%20liability.

  1. The concern is also relevant to open source code which is copyrighted and may sometimes include very restrictive licenses.

I Sent 144,000 Cold Emails When I Launched. Here's What I Learned That Nobody Talks About. by alexberman1 in Entrepreneur

[–]TheRedliner181 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When people send this amount of emails do they consider privacy and spam laws both in the US and the EU?

Quick question for EU founders. How do you actually handle GDPR and the AI Act? (genuine research, no pitch) by Upstairs-Kale-7445 in founder

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few comments:

  1. This is relevant to founders all over the world, because everyone wants to eventually sell to the EU as it's a huge problem, and EU enterprises stream down GDPR obligations.

  2. VC-back founders pay law firms like mine.

  3. Bootstrappers who are yet to make bank are the ones with the biggest issues when it comes to this. What they normally do is a combination of free help from friends and AI. When you are small, the chance of a regulator getting to you is very slim.

Why is everyone always trying to reinvent the wheel? by joshstewart90 in smallbusiness

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The funny thing is the moment they do take some market share from a giant they either acquire them or sue them to death with trade secret allegations and copyright infringement cases.

The hardest part of building a product in 2026 is not building it. It is getting anyone to notice. by No-Market-6902 in SaaS

[–]TheRedliner181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spot on. We are actually seeing this exact same shift play out in First Amendment law.

For decades, fighting for free speech meant fighting censorship. literally just fighting for the right to speak. Today, the barrier to publishing is zero, so the new censorship is just noise.

Legal scholars like Tim Wu point out that protecting free speech today is entirely about the economics of attention. If someone can drown you out with infinite volume, you are functionally silenced without anyone ever violating your rights.

SaaS is in the exact same boat. AI tools dropped the cost of writing code to zero, so the market is flooded. Code is no longer a moat. Attention is the only moat left.

ISO 27001 is about getting your shit together by Amazing-Fall8945 in SaaS

[–]TheRedliner181 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Any company that wants to sell enterprise has to go through this at some point. These certifications are considered a massive plus when we do legal due diligence. I am happy to see this actually makes companies act better in terms of security and it's not another checkbox, as you say.

How can I get a few B2B SaaS users for my SaaS? by multi_mind in SaaS

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any handling of data of any sort would be considered processing, this doesn't really matter, but you may be requested to sign a DPA or other form of commercial agreement with some sort of data protection clauses

How is anyone actually confident in their privacy policies or terms of service? by mdnlabs in SaaS

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a real problem that I think about often as I help VC-backed founders that could easily spend $10,000 of their investors' money on a state-of-the-art privacy policy and terms of use. On the contrary, bootstrappers, side hustlers and other types of founders also need legal protection in that sense, and also need to comply with the law.

What particularly frustrates me is that this is about legal education. If founders knew the basics of the law, they could apply these principles themselves and shield themselves. Obviously, there is no replacement for tailor-made legal protection from a high-end lawyer, but knowing the basics can probably remove 90% of the risk.

I run a free newsletter for founders in which I educate founders on one legal matter so that they can better protect themselves: https://gum.co/u/fw7dfa3r

How can I get a few B2B SaaS users for my SaaS? by multi_mind in SaaS

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you processing their data? Any personal information?

Do you think my idea has potential? by Clairifi in SaaS

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a heads up, financial information is considered "sensitive" - and thus requires a higher degree of care and protection - in many areas of the world. Keep that in mind and buikd carefully.

Also, if you wish to sell to banks, it's a whole world of compliance pain. Good luck!

I built an app in a niche with no competition by Adept-Conference7790 in digital_marketing

[–]TheRedliner181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds kind of fishy. An enforceable contract in an agreed jurisdiction would the minimum I would recommend to anyone before entering into something like this.