There’s a myth out there that one can do whatever you please online and get away with it if your business is not based in the United States.
Although there are international con artists who set up multiple scams off shore and keep one step ahead of the law, many get caught and pay the price. As an Internet lawyer, I see these cases all of the time.
For example, there’s a 26-year-old guy
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Web Lawyer: The Situational Expert Mistake
There's an Internet marketing guru who sold a product for driving traffic to your website using paid advertising. To promote this product, he trashed free organic traffic from search engine optimization (SEO). He claimed to not be an SEO expert and to have been burned 3 times by people who claimed to be one.
Unfortunately, the guru turned around and created a new product for driving traffic thr
Unfortunately, the guru turned around and created a new product for driving traffic thr
Friday, August 6, 2010
Internet Attorney: How to Create Content that Doesn't Violate Copyright Law
As an Internet attorney, I get asked all the time about online copyright laws and infringement.
Here's a key to keeping yourself out of legal hot water when writing content based upon stuff you found on the Internet.
Facts and ideas are not protected by copyright law, just the particular way they are expressed.
How can you (or your content writers) take advantage of this fact?
Pick con
Here's a key to keeping yourself out of legal hot water when writing content based upon stuff you found on the Internet.
Facts and ideas are not protected by copyright law, just the particular way they are expressed.
How can you (or your content writers) take advantage of this fact?
Pick con
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Web Lawyer: Morrie’s doodling lesson for your business
Morrie Yohai just passed away at age 90. He invented Cheez Doodles.
Here’s a key lesson to learn from Morrie.
He didn’t create Cheez Doodles from scratch. Instead, he took an existing successful product (rippled corn chips) and modified it.
As your Web lawyer will tell you, you don’t have to invent something from scratch. More often than not, improving upon an existing product or se
Here’s a key lesson to learn from Morrie.
He didn’t create Cheez Doodles from scratch. Instead, he took an existing successful product (rippled corn chips) and modified it.
As your Web lawyer will tell you, you don’t have to invent something from scratch. More often than not, improving upon an existing product or se
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Internet Lawyer: Will tech support become your competitor?
There’s a woman who recently had tech support for her computer steal private photos and post them on the Internet. Let’s just say the woman wasn’t wearing clothes in the photos and she’s not too happy about the situation.
So much for privacy. Even an Internet lawyer is going to have a tough time putting this genie back in the bottle.
But what about your business plans and other confi
So much for privacy. Even an Internet lawyer is going to have a tough time putting this genie back in the bottle.
But what about your business plans and other confi
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Website Attorney: Guru Sits in Prison
Kent “Doctor Dino” Hovind is a religious “guru” who once offered $250,000 on his website for anyone who could disprove his nutty beliefs. You don’t have to be a Website attorney to be turned off by this type of shenanigans.
At the same time, Hovind claimed poverty despite raking in millions from his followers. The IRS didn’t agree…and now Dr. Dino is serving 10 years in a federal
At the same time, Hovind claimed poverty despite raking in millions from his followers. The IRS didn’t agree…and now Dr. Dino is serving 10 years in a federal
Monday, August 2, 2010
Website Attorney: Guru Sits in Prison
Kent “Doctor Dino” Hovind is a religious “guru” who once offered $250,000 on his website for anyone who could disprove his nutty beliefs. You don’t have to be a Website attorney to be turned off by this type of shenanigans.
At the same time, Hovind claimed poverty despite raking in millions from his followers. The IRS didn’t agree…and now Dr. Dino is serving 10 years in a federal prison for tax evasion.
For the morbidly curious, Dr. Dino’s son is carrying on “God’s work
At the same time, Hovind claimed poverty despite raking in millions from his followers. The IRS didn’t agree…and now Dr. Dino is serving 10 years in a federal prison for tax evasion.
For the morbidly curious, Dr. Dino’s son is carrying on “God’s work
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