10 Legal Eagle Tips for Webmasters
When it comes to issues of the law, many webmasters throw up their hands, because it is either too confusing or complicated to deal with. However, Lunarpages has a number of resources that does help make sense of some of the legal woes you might be facing or want to look into.
Jeffery A. Cohen has written up a number of great legal advice columns for our customer newsletter, that you can really learn a lot from. Here are my ten favorite tips he has shared with the Lunarpages audience, now shared with you for the very first time.
It sounds obvious. However, as the economic downturn begins to show signs of a turnaround, the frequency of Internet transactions is on the rise. The downturn created some major changes in the market, but companies have become more efficient than ever. The market downturn also restructured the workforce significantly and has (in some instances unwillingly)…
Starting your Internet Business in the Current Economy
This month Internet Litigators has seen a significant increase in membership applications from new Internet businesses. Given the current state of the economy, this development seems contrary to the common understanding of good business practice; however, upon closer examination this development is more closely tied to a shift in focus than an economic barrier to…
Using DMCA to Protect Your Content
This month at Internet Litigators we have had a number of questions arise concerning the use of copyright protected material on the Internet. While issues of copyright and the proper use of information on the Internet can be quite complicated there is one tool that every website owner and content publisher should be familiar with…
Commercial Email Rules Under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
This month we decided to make a brief review of what you need to know before engaging in the practice of commercial email advertising. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) sets the requirements for commercial mailers and establishes the penalties for those that fail to comply.
What is a Trademark? Think of a trademark (or service mark for services) as a word, phrase, symbol or design that identifies and distinguishes one source of goods or services from another. It is not necessarily the name of your company but the mark that you use to identify your goods or services.
Web Design Agreements: A Report from the Trenches
This month Internet Litigators has been presented with several issues involving website development and design. We represent both web designers and webmasters regularly so our experience and comments on this issue are intended to address both sides of this deal.
Legal Mumbo Jumbo – Do you really need it?
We receive inquiries quite often from prospective clients wanting “form” documents to use as Terms of Service to govern the use of their website or from webmasters inquiring whether or not a set of Terms drafted for one operator site (or worse, simply found on an unrelated website) can be used instead of having terms…
Top-10 Annual Website Legal Review List
As the year draws to a close, December is our month for annual client reviews. We recommend that all of our clients conduct an annual legal review of their existing policies, procedures and content and, in general, there is no better time then the end of the year. The following are some of the areas…
You Registered a Domain, But Do You Have the Right to Use It?
This month we have seen several issues arise concerning the use of domain names with respect to the rights of registered trademark owners. Registering a domain name is not the same as registering a trademark and I thought some information as to the difference and how they might interrelate would be helpful. Understanding the difference…
Is your web site owned by “some guy in Romania”?
We had an interesting issue come up this week. A new client called us wanting to get an estimate for the preparation of a new “Terms of Service” agreement prepared specially for his web site. This client was in the process of having a new version of his web site developed and wanted the terms…
Need more help? Remember, you can check out the archive of information, tips and more about all aspects of running your own web site on the Lunarpages newsletter web site. We have saved all the best stuff for you there, and you can browse through each issue, month by month – all the way back to issue number one back in August 2007.
