Questions related to the law and how it relates to websites and their management.
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How do I copyright my website?
My website has been in development for a long time and cost a lot of money. How do I go about securing an enforceable copyright on my website design and what is the proper way to post a copyright ...
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Where is the line drawn with domain names which include a trademark?
A search on google for "iphone developer" turns up loads of websites which have "iphone" in them, a trademarked name by Apple.
So I'm led to believe that having a domain such as iphonedeveloper.com ...
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What are some good resources for generating privacy policies and terms of use?
We've determined that our website needs a privacy policy and a terms of use page to protect our interests. Are there automated tools that will generate these for us? How do we go about creating ...
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Alot of Pirated Material on Someone's Website - What Can Be Done?
We've developed our website for over 10 years. Recently a website in China has begun to pirate our images and product descriptions (they are showing "new" March offerings). Nearly all of the items ...
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Am I legally liable for user generated content and comments?
I know that it is in your best interest to enforce specific policies in regards to what is appropriate for your site, but are there any legal issues with not filtering their content?
For example, ...
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When does a website require a privacy policy and/or terms of use?
I am curious to know if every website should have a privacy policy and/or a terms of use page. What are the legal implications if a site doesn't have them? Are there certain categories of websites ...
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Loading another domain's content in a modal iframe - acceptable?
Is it okay to load another page in an iframe in a modal pop-up window - in terms of legal and ethical standards around displaying 3rd party content?
I remember a few years ago there was controversy ...
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Rss legal issues
I know it is illegal to post full articles of a website on yours beacuse of copyright.
Is it legal to post the rss feeds of a website on your website?
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What do I need to do to enable my site to accept credit cards?
I want to store my customers' credit card information in my database so that they can quickly check out again without having to re-enter their info. What do I need to know about security/https/etc to ...
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Legal information on a website
I'm in the process of re-developing my website.
We're currently a non-monetary website, funded entirely by ourselves, but we'd like to start earning some money from adverts and possibly paid content.
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Would it be wrong to register a local domain (.ro) which has the same name as a famous forum .com?
Let's say there is a niche forum called HowToChopOnionWithoutCrying.com (I'm making it up, of course) and it's in English.
And I want to create a similar forum in Romanian, registering ...
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Can a company take my domain away from me?
I have a domain which coincidentally is the same name of a company. Is there any legal way in which this company can take my domain away from me?
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Are there any legal implications to reading a user's privates messages on a forum?
I'm the webmaster of a forum and we are having trouble with a user and we suspect he uses privates messages to do illegal business (not illicit, but illegal according to the forum rules).
Are their ...
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Copyright word or symbol
After reading this post I was wondering which is best to use for websites out of the following,
Copyright © 2010 "COMPANY"
© 2010
Copyright 2010
Also, if we license everything we produce ...
