Internet Attorney: When should you NOT use contracts?

As an Internet attorney, clients will come to me about putting together a deal but the legal fees for drafting the contract would exceed the amount of the deal itself. That doesn’t make sense from a business standpoint and I tell them so.

So when should you not use contracts?

When the worst-case scenario of the other party screwing you over is something you can live with and be able to mov

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Website Attorney: He understood Internet marketing but missed the point

I just reviewed a website tied in to a former rising Internet star I’ve known as a Website attorney. The marketing processes were flawless with lead capture, prequalification, a survey, and videos designed to spur sales.

The content was filled with claims about how much you would earn if you bought what the guy was selling. However, when you clicked a link in the website’s footer, a small p

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Triple 9s, your web biz, and the Mayan paradise

On 09-09-09, some Internet marketers sold “get rich” info products and services using the date as some magical force to be reckoned with...they even tied it in to the “Law” of Attraction and “Good Karma.”

But less than three months later, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) started cracking down on fake income claims. As an Internet attorney, I wrote a complimentary special report on

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Website Attorney: Should you use PayPal or ClickBank for your products?

As a Website attorney, Internet marketers are always asking me about the pros and cons of using different systems to sell their products and services online. Here’s my take on the pros and cons of using PayPal v. ClickBank.

ClickBank (not really a bank) is popular for newbies with digital products. ClickBank handles just about everything, including your affiliates, but the fees are relatively

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Will tentacles crush your website?

Righthaven LLC is a company that buys the rights to newspaper articles and sues bloggers and website owners who quoted these articles for copyright infringement. Righthaven also demands the domain names be surrendered too. This concerns me both as an Internet lawyer and as an online entrepreneur.

The lawsuits are not an afterthought. It is Righthaven’s business model. The company's purpose fo

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Internet Attorney: The eBook you should avoid

Using Amazon’s ‘Kindle for PC’ freebie app, I read eBooks while walking on my treadmill desk at home in the mornings before starting work as an Internet attorney. Unfortunately, eBooks are killing many Internet businesses before they get off the ground.

Here’s why…

There’s a myth that you can become successful online by writing and marketing an eBook. Writers spend months filling

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Web Lawyer: The Internet Puffery Mistake

There’s a woman who lives near me who will be going to federal prison soon for up to 3 years. She pled guilty in order to avoid spending more time in the pokey. As a Web lawyer, I didn’t represent her.

Her mistake?

Lying to the government about how much money she earned.

In addition to the Federal Trade Commission, Internet entrepreneurs have to worry about dealing with the IRS when m

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