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iWorks Jeremy Johnson: More Internet Fraud Criminal Charges Coming

Internet Lawyer — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:40:21 +0000

Someone forgot to tell iWorks Jeremy Johnson that when you’re already in a hole, stop digging your way to China. Johnson stands accused of Internet fraud at I Works Inc. by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Specifically, Johnson allegedly raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent online credit card charges from consumers. [...]

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Linkedin Spam: Business Social Media Site Screws Up

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:49:05 +0000

What is Linkedin spam? Before telling you about Linkedin spam, let’s define what “spam” is. Spam is unsolicited commercial email (UCE). When you think of spammers, it’s typically some sleazeball sending out millions of emails at a time filling your inbox with biz opp offers and sales pitches for fake medicines. However, it’s also common [...]

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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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Law School Dean Goes to Prison for Making Internet Threats

Internet Laws Editor — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:04:57 +0000

What happened regarding a former dean of the Kaplan University Law School? Former dean of Kaplan University Law School, Bennie Wilcox, was sentenced to a prison term of one year and one day following his conviction. Last year, prosecutors sufficiently convinced a jury that Wilcox sent emails which threatened both the school in general, and [...]

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Fake Internet Yellow Pages Scam Shut Down

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:57:35 +0000

How did a fake internet yellow pages company scam people in the US, Canada, and Australia? Since 2009, a company based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain has used British and Dutch based corporations to send unsolicited emails to numerous small organization, in the hope of scamming those organizations out of money. Implicitly pretending affiliation with [...]

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PayPal Merchant Accounts: High Risk Internet Marketers Unwanted

Internet Laws Editor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:22:07 +0000

What do PayPal Merchant Accounts allow people to do? PayPal is an online commerce facilitator that allows the transfer of currency from one person to another through the internet. In an attempt to stop fraud, PayPal allows those engaged in internet commerce to avoid fraud that is inherent in other online transfers of money. Part [...]

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Are Cartoons Cyberstalking, Internet Defamation, or Free Speech?

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:20:57 +0000

Internet cartoons equal cyberstalking? The Renton, WA police department sought to prosecute an internet user who posted an insulting video about the police department under the screen name Mr. Fiddlesticks. The alleged crime? Cyberstalking. To assist them in their pursuit of the internet user, the Renton police department recently obtained a search warrant that orders [...]

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David Athey: MLM Spammer Wins Prizes

Internet Lawyer — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:10:47 +0000

Who is David Athey? That’s a good question. I’ve had no dealings with David Athey until today. David Athey is the MLM / network marketer who spammed my inbox today with his flopportunity. David Athey Spam Email Here’s the text of the spam email received today from David Athey. I’ve redacted only contact info from [...]

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Tennessee Outlaws Internet Photos That Cause Emotional Distress

Internet Laws Editor — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:05:52 +0000

What is the new Tennessee law regarding internet photos and emotional distress all about? The Tennessee legislature has recently passed a bill which will make it against the law to post some kinds of internet photos. Offenders face a $2500 fine and up to around a year in jail if they are caught in the [...]

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Jeremy Johnson: iWorks Alleged Internet Con Artist Stuck In Jail

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:55:51 +0000

What is Jeremy Johnson accused of having done? Jeremy Johnson, his company IWorks, and several associates and related entities were sued by the Federal Trade Commission last December. The FTC suspects that Johnson engaged in using shell companies and false advertisements involving government and private grants. While maintaining his innocence throughout the legal process, Johnson [...]

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New Canada Spam Law: What You Should Know

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:44:59 +0000

Why did some want a new Canada Spam law? Recently ranked as the nation sixth most susceptible to internet spam, a new Canada spam law looks like it will be enacted with the intent of cutting down spammers’ ability to send unwanted information over the internet. Though other countries have enacted legislation in an attempt [...]

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Canada Lawful Access Bill and Internet Spying

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:55:53 +0000

What does the Canada Lawful Access bill propose to do? Canada’s Conservative political party asserted that it wants to pass a Canada Lawful Access bill, which it claims will crack down on crime. For almost 10 years, there have been failed attempts to pass such a bill but this time there’s a good chance of [...]

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Internet Gambling: Joe Barton Wants To Legalize Online Poker

Internet Lawyer — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:55:39 +0000

Why is internet gambling illegal? Many Americans mistakenly thought internet gambling was legal before the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down the largest three online poker sites this past April in what has since been dubbed “Black Friday” by poker enthusiasts. While members of the federal government have argued that the April shutdown [...]

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Dishonest Internet Business Owners Are Disqualified

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:32:54 +0000

Internet Law Firm Client Honesty Policy In order to better represent those who do business honestly, our Internet law firm’s policy is to only represent clients who agree to follow the Internet Ethics Council’s (IEC) Code of Professional Responsibility. Whether or not a client is a member of the IEC is not as important as [...]

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Jeremy Johnson: iWorks Founder Arrested

Internet Lawyer — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:10:13 +0000

iWorks Jeremy Johnson Arrested As noted by Salty Droid in “Jeremy Johnson Arrested for Jeremy Johnsoning,” the iWorks founder was arrested for mail fraud. You can get the details from that post but it’s clear the arrest was triggered by Jeremy Johnson’s decision to burn through assets that the government wanted seized for ultimate distribution [...]

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Don’t let your website get weinered

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:10:11 +0000

You don’t have to be an Internet lawyer to know that Congressman Anthony Weiner was tweeting things he shouldn’t while working, using his employer’s computer equipment and office space to do it. Fortunately for Congressman Weiner, his employer is the government so there’s unlikely to be a lawsuit against it as a defendant because of [...]

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Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007 – Anthony Weiner

Internet Lawyer — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:24:25 +0000

Anthony Weiner Sponsored Internet Sexual Predators Legislation In the interest of protecting the children, U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner (Pervert – N.Y.), sponsored the Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007 a.k.a. KIDS Act of 2007. The text of the legislation is below. But here’s a great quote from the Weiner about his [...]

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Affiliate Marketing And Fake News Reports

Internet Lawyer — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:55:45 +0000

As an Internet attorney who conducts website legal audits, here’s an issue that comes up all of the time. If you believe in a product or service that you’re promoting as an affiliate, can you provide “news” about the product? That’s a question that’s coming back to haunt affiliate marketers. In April, the FTC filed [...]

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$450 Million Internet Scam Exposed

Internet Lawyer — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:07:39 +0000

I’d hate to be the Internet attorney defending this case. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has gone after Internet con artists who engaged in deceptive billing practices, used false celebrity endorsements, and a bunch of other misconduct. The total haul from this scam is supposed to be around $450 million. Here’s how it worked… [...]

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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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