Sunday, May 29, 2011

Outted by Twitter

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This is significant to your Internet attorney and your business too. Twitter has just revealed the identity of a Twitter user, including his personal contact information.

Here’s what happened…

A local British government sued in California. Twitter cav

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Internet Privacy Law Rebellion

What if someone wrote new Internet privacy requirements but no one enforced them? No need for your Internet attorney to get involved yet? Here's what's happened...
“New European Union rules to ensure privacy have been ignored by the vast majority of E.U. member countries, according to Jonathan Todd, European Commission spokesman for Digital Agenda.” - EU Countries Ignore New Law on Internet P

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Research Materials

Coming soon!
This section will contain Internet law research materials and sample legal documents donated by members.

If you have articles, how-to guides, sample docs, or other Internet legal materials you would like to add to this section, please contact IAA Support.

 

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Great Depression Law Grants President Internet Kill Switch?

With Congress debating numerous bills designed to regulate the Internet, high on the Obama administration’s agenda is new legislation designed to give the President an Internet “kill switch” in some undefined emergency.

Now administration officials are overtly threatening Congress by claiming that the failure to pass a law granting such powers would mean that the President could rely upon

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Internet Summit Rules Discussion Is Anti-Small Business

What’s a little crony capitalism between big friendly competitors?

Before the Group of Eight (G-8) Summit in Paris, large Internet companies (Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc.) are meeting with government leaders to discuss intellectual property rights and regulation of the Internet.

Let’s dissect what’s really going on.

“And, while acknowledging the net's power as a f

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Internet Gambling Payment Processor Cops A Plea

When the U.S. Department of Justice decides to go after someone, your Internet lawyer can explain why it’s a tough battle to fight. In this case, Bradley Franzen is pleading guilty to criminal charges because he helped hide and process payment for Internet gambling.

As noted by Bloomberg in Franzen Pleads Guilty to Internet Gambling Charges, Cooperates With U.S., "[a]fter an Internet poker op

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Accounting

Quicken
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Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

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Email Autoresponders/CRM

AWeber
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Constant Contact
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Domain Names/Hosting

GoDaddy
Hostgator

Insurance

Gilsbar Pro
TechInsurance.com

Merchant Service Providers

PowerPay

Telephone VOIP

Skype

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Should prisoners and sex offenders be allowed to troll the Internet?

The State of Louisiana’s legislature is trying to curtail repeat crime by making it illegal for inmates and some released sex offenders to hang out on social media sites, go to chat rooms, or use peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.

According to a Shreveport Times article on this Internet law issue, House Bill 55 "bans certain sex offenders, especially those whose crimes involved minors, from acces

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Righthaven May Go Down For The Count

The tide is turning against copyright troll Righthaven's infringement shakedown business model. Already slammed in Nevada, here's the latest from Colorado -- the judge "has now put all of Righthaven's lawsuits in that state on hold, saying that he wants to make sure Righthaven actually has standing to bring the suit."

If Righthaven has simply been buying the right to sue and no other rights, th

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$450 Million Internet Scam Exposed

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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 hau

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Veto Texas Internet Sales Tax Bill HB 2403

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Socialist Senators Pass Texas Internet Sales Tax Bill HB 2403
The spineless Senators down in Austin just joined their House counterparts in giving the middle finger to e-commerce in the State of Texas by passing a Texas Internet sales tax bill (HB 2403). It’s unlikely

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Good privacy law news for website owners

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Here’s something your Internet lawyer probably doesn’t see every day. A California federal judge threw out of court a class-action privacy lawsuit filed against an ad network.

Why was the case tossed?

The judge couldn’t see how the plaintiffs coul

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