From Left: Marc Noderer, Dave Noderer, Maureen Homnick, Representative Lois Frankel (Florida Congressional District 22 representative), Joe Homnick and Shervin Shakibi.
A few weeks ago, several South Florida software industry leaders traveled to Washington DC as part of the annual ACT Flyin to talk to the house and senate about topics of interest to software developers everywhere.
The primary topics were Intellectual Property and Privacy. Intellectual property focused on the need for patent reform in a way that is fair to both large and small companies. Privacy affects all of us and especially app developers. There are many regulations and we all want to do the right thing but it is difficult for a small company to decipher and understand what is required. Piracy is important to app developers. If somone steals your mobile app bits and republishes, if they are in the USA it might be possible to catch and procesute them, even for a small company. If that someone is in a forgien country, especially for a small company, it turns into a trade issue and we need the support of our government to help.
