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How celebrities can hurt your website

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:08:02 +0000

If this were a movie prequel, it would be called “Ocean’s 2.” Co-stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts are suing companies that have been using their photos without permission online in ads to promote the companies’ business. When it comes to actors, singers, and other celebrities (even “reality” show “stars”), you can land in hot [...]

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Google-Oracle: Java Infringement Trial Circus

Internet Lawyer — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:04:54 +0000

There’s one key lesson you can learn from the clash of Oracle and Google in the courtroom over whether Google’s Java use in Android OS has infringed upon Oracle’s intellectual property rights… The Internet continues to expose current patent, trademark, and copyright law as obsolete because the legal system is ill-equipped to identify and protect [...]

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Internet Blacklisting: Copyright Protection or Censorship?

Internet Lawyer — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:59:12 +0000

The United Kingdom’s High Court is ordering ISPs there to block access to The Pirate Bay. This UK decision is the latest by a string of countries to ban the site best known for providing access to bootleg copies of movies and music via BitTorrent. But let’s face it. The same person who is going [...]

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Terms of Service: Google Drive, Gmail, and Your Intellectual Property

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:18:15 +0000

Google’s simplified Terms of Service arguably give the company the right to compete against you using your own intellectual property…if you store your content in the new Google Drive or include it in an email attachment. Here’s the key part found in the Terms of Service under “Your Content in our Services.” “…You retain ownership [...]

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3 things you must know when buying or selling a website

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:47:27 +0000

If you want to buy or sell a website, here are a few things you’ll want to consider… 1. Will there be a broker involved? Website brokers can put buyers and sellers together but there will be a commission for doing so. Know who the broker is representing (you or the other side). 2. Will [...]

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Copyright Infringement: Beware of emails from a fake law firm

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:20:55 +0000

There’s a new Internet scam being run by a fake German law firm. Here’s how it works… You receive an email from this nonexistent law firm that claims to represent companies whose copyrights you have infringed upon. If you pay these scammers, the copyright infringement claim is supposed to go away. Should you receive a [...]

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JK Rowling Adult Novel Will Leak to Kids via Internet Piracy

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:32:38 +0000

Now that Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, has announced a deal for her first adult novel, you can expect children to want to get their hands on the book too. And Internet piracy will make sure that your kids will be able to read the new JK Rowling adult novel if they want to. As [...]

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7 Internet Law Predictions for 2012

Internet Lawyer — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:05:29 +0000

1. Hollywood Retreats The entertainment industry thought it had bought enough politicians, plus foolish support by GoDaddy (now retracted), to ram through SOPA/PIPA legislation. Pretending to be about property rights, this horrible legislation would cripple ecommerce while allowing politicians in power to crush free speech online. Now that Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. are fighting back, [...]

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Copyright infringement: Google versus New Zealand

Internet Laws Editor — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:41:28 +0000

Why did New Zealand pass copyright infringement legislation regulating the internet? Politicians in New Zealand recognized the abuses intellectual property rights owners (like motion picture studios and record companies) suffered at the hands of internet pirates, and sought to better protect their interests. In an age in which hackers and profiteers can illegally reproduce digital [...]

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Spain’s New Sinde Law Fights Internet Piracy

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:16:51 +0000

What does the new Spanish Internet Piracy law do? Spain recently enacted Internet piracy legislation which would curb the ability of thieves to illegally reproduce and distribute digital media content in the country. Named after the country’s cultural minister Angeles Gonzales-Sinde, the ‘Sinde Law’ marks a new aggressiveness Spain will employ to protect intellectual property [...]

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Copyright Infringement Liability and Your IP Address

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:47:17 +0000

Are people held accountable for everything that happens at their IP address including copyright infringement? For the several years the internet has served an active role in people’s lives, controversy has existed about whether or not individuals maintain responsibility for everything that happens at their IP address, such as copyright infringement. As prosecutors, mainstream media [...]

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Righthaven Loses: Copyright Troll Slammed By Federal Judge

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:24:52 +0000

Righthaven Loses Copyright Infringement Case Consider this the beginning of the end for Righthaven LLC’s copyright infringement lawsuits. The copyright troll has shaken down bloggers and other website owners in order to get paid for alleged copyright infringement. At least one federal judge has had enough. Based on the contract between Righthaven and the newspaper [...]

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Government arrests website owner for external links

Internet Lawyer — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:05:01 +0000

Your Internet Attorney can explain the reasons why you’re exposing yourself to additional legal risks when you hyperlink from your site to another website you don’t own, These dangers exists even if you don’t use an affiliate link. For example, let’s say that you link to a product on a website that you like…and you [...]

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Can you copy online photos?

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:05:40 +0000

As an Internet lawyer, I’ve noticed that many website owners mistakenly assume that if you find a photo you like on someone’s website or blog, you can copy it and put it on your own website. In most cases, re-using a photo without written permission to do so (typically a license) violates copyright law. And [...]

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Will you be sued by these trolls?

Internet Lawyer — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:29:22 +0000

As both a Web lawyer and an Internet business owner, I hate spammers. There’s one right now (initials G.A.) who has become such a pain in the butt that my emails now go through a new filtering process to get rid of the 3 to 5 pieces of garbage he tries to send daily to [...]

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Do you make this website copyright mistake?

Internet Lawyer — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:26:56 +0000

As a Web lawyer, the #1 mistake I see Internet business owners make when protecting their website’s content from pirates is to put a copyright notice on the site and do nothing more. Although a notice with the word “Copyright,” © symbol etc. is a good first step, it’s a baby step when it comes [...]

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Single mom’s life turned upside down by costly Internet mistake

Internet Lawyer — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:01:40 +0000

Copyright Infringement Destroys Lives There’s a single mom with four kids who just got nailed for $1.5 million for songs she illegally downloaded online. As an Internet marketer, I’m appalled. As a Web lawyer, I know that’s the law at work (fair or not) and it’s best to recognize instead of fight reality. The music [...]

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Is your copyright agent missing in action?

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:59:05 +0000

Most website owners like you don’t fully protect themselves against copyright infringement claims. That typically means paying extra legal fees to a website attorney when things go wrong. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) contains what lawyers call “safe harbor” provisions. In plain English, this means by taking a few simple steps you can make [...]

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What about your website’s videos and audios?

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:26:13 +0000

Do you want the video and audio content on your websites stolen because even one of your visitors thinks it is legal to take it from you? What would you do if it happened? Hire an Internet attorney and track down the thief for copyright infringement after the fact? At least half the people who [...]

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Website attorney: Protecting your Internet goats

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:26:07 +0000

As a website attorney and entrepreneur, I find that you can learn from offline businesses too. There’s a Wisconsin restaurant that’s protected its unique selling proposition (USP)…and it isn’t the pickled herring you can order off the menu. You eat at the restaurant so you can watch goats grazing on its grass-covered roof. What the [...]

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