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The US is a member of the Berne Convention which means users have the Copyright for their work and even have it without notice on the work itself (although I would recommend using it). (For a full list of countries who this also applies to see the list of other members.
You automatically have the copyright to any work you create. There isn't an official ...
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The Better Business Bureau Online has a Sample Privacy Notice which is as good as any in terms of a simple, but thorough policy. It has these sections:
Our Commitment To Privacy
The Information We Collect
How We Use Information
Our Commitment To Data Security
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy
How To Access Or Correct Your Information
How To Contact Us
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Unless you had a pre-existing contract with them that required you to renew the domain or notify them of cancellation, then they cannot charge you.
AT domain registration
So basically, it depends on whether or not there were explicit terms from your registrar about this occurring; which if there are, you should be able to find them on your registrar's ...
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I know you said the client doesn't want to get lawyers involved, but um, your client needs to get a lawyer involved. An SEO slap fight just isn't going to fix this, and if it's the route they want to go then they don't get to complain about promotions sending business to the competitor since that's kind of the core of the entire problem. Everything from here ...
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Ends up with a message saying it's blocked by Adobe.
FontSquirrel allows font publishers to request to be put on a blacklist.
Not only that sometimes if the font can be converted, it often looks like crap when viewed in a browser.
Sometimes automated conversion doesn't turn out perfectly and adjustments or alterations to the fonts are needed. ...
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It's potentially illegal and also morally wrong.
Basically, if you would be unhappy for someone to read your private messages then it's wrong (morally) and I suspect it would be considered criminal under one of these Canadian Laws (technically the crime would be committed at the location of the server):-
Section 342 of the Criminal Code of Canada ...
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So long at it is a summary/review, and it doesn't plagiarise the book directly i.e. include large sections of it simply cut and pasted text, then it should come under fair use.
The key things are the amount of copy used, credit and the context. If it's presented as a review or summary and a small amount of the book i.e. a sentence or two is used word for ...
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As always, your best and most definitive course of action is to seek actual legal counsel with experience in copyright law. I'm not a lawyer and, as such, the following should be viewed only as my opinion and not legal advice.
The key phrase in the PDF that MrChrister linked to is:
if the parties expressly agree in a
written instrument signed by them ...
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Your designer should supply fonts with their license agreements, or be able to link to the agreement on the web that makes it clear whether or not the fonts can be used online.
For example, the bundled fonts included with Photoshop and other Creative Suite applications are only licensed for use on the computer they were installed on [source]; you can't use ...
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There definitely is a hard line that you cannot cross. You'll have to talk to a trademark attorney if you want exact details. But if you're using a trademark in your domain and the site is related to the trademark you can bet it is ripe for a lawsuit if the trademark holder decides they want to sue. Of course, they may just request you hand the domain name ...
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Is it legal to use translated comments from other sites?
Depends upon the terms and conditions set forth by the website whose content you are using. Most sites, by default, don't allow others to use their content without their permission. Other sites, like the Stack Exchange sites, are released under a creative commons license.
If the content you want ...
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First, I am not a lawyer and if you continue to receive legal threats then you should definitely lawyer up.
There is nothing wrong with posting direct, measurable facts as a comparison. For example, "our product costs x dollars, whereas Company B's costs y dollars". Stick to that and you'll be fine. Don't forget to add a date disclaimer (e.g. "* All ...
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If its a clear and up-front trademark infringement, they probably by law, already own it. These cases don't turn out well if you decide to attempt to get money out of a corporation that's spent money on a lawyer to protect their IP rights on trade/service marks they own. Protection of trademark and patent rights gets pretty aggressive as they don't like to ...
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The Facebook platform policy explains the rules. In particular:
You may cache data you receive through use of the Facebook API in
order to improve your application’s user experience, but you should
try to keep the data up to date.
...
By “basic account information” we mean: name, email, gender, birthday, current city, and profile picture ...
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Magnet links are legal just as any other link. Magnet links created for the illegal distribution of copyrighted content is another matter.
There are no laws against hosting torrent trackers, torrent hubs/aggregators, or even hosted file sharing services. Just because copyrighted content can be illegally distributed via HTTP or FTP doesn't mean those ...
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If you are applying for a merchant account this is a common requirement of the merchant account provider as this helps them to understand your business model and determine the risk they will be exposed to (e.g. chargebacks). Basically, the more customer friendly they are the less risk they are exposed to.
Privacy policies are good to have as some users, ...
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When it comes to legal questions you should always ask a lawyer.
That said, I think you're fine to do what you describe as long as you do not use the name of any professional, professional association or regulatory board in the domain. Additionally, you should let visitors know that you are not endorsed by the same and refrain from using any of their ...
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I'm not a lawyer, take my advice as only that. You might want to speak to one about this issue.
However, as long a you provide a good privacy policy on your site, normally in the footer of your site, you should be good to go.
Also, as with all JavaScript, you want the benefits of your tracking to out weigh the costs. Basically, is the information producing ...
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What steps do I need to take, to
protect my idea?
I am not a lawyer, but I would bet you'll want a contract with a non-compete clause - you will have to talk to a lawyer to get relevant answers to the rest of your questions, as the law will vary by jurisdiction and you'll certainly need representation if there is a breach of contract.
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It depends on the terms and conditions of the website whose work you are reproducing. The published works of others is copyrighted so you cannot reproduce it without their explicit permission which may be given in their terms of service. You should definitely contact them to ask them for permission before doing it.
FYI, Google is cracking down on copied ...
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I AM NOT A LAWYER AND THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE!
I would say no. You will not get permission from Google and the likely hood of confusion is high.
Here is an example:
In 1988, Quality Inns was planning to open a new chain of economy hotels
under the name "McSleep." After McDonald's demanded that Quality Inns not
use the name because it infringed, the ...
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Take screenshots for proof. Then write to the various parties involved the documents they require so the content can be removed. Focus on the plagiarism of your copyrighted content (uniqueness of products sold is your word against theirs).
Send the site owners a cease and desist letter.
Send their web host a DMCA takedown notice. This can be determined ...
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No. Source
..if you received your trademark
registration after the domain name was
registered, you will not have a solid
case for a domain name dispute unless
your mark was famous or well-known
prior to the date the domain name was
registered
However, if you attempt to capitalize on their trademark with that domain then they have recourse ...
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This answer to a different question (not near enough for me to mark this as a duplicate) covers it. In short, there are no rules, just conventions that mostly tend to be followed.
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A company can charge whatever they want to install software, regardless of the software licence. They are selling a service, not a product. I could charge $20,000 to install WordPress, for example,without violating the software licence (although I never would, because it's both immoral and exploitative).
Note also that Magento Community Edition is released ...
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I have to show link of owner of icon site on my commercial website. If yes, where will I show their link.
Yes. If it is not specified you can place it anywhere you want as long as it is visible to users (and thus search engines). If you want to be nice you can place it in your footer although you can also bury it in an about page or a "credits" page.
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Depends who you're talking about, but there are several options.
Some sites actually send people to events and get their own photography. There are also services that do licensing for this sort of thing. Off the top of my head, Getty Images is obvious, and the Associated Press has a separate dedicated image service, as does Reuters. There's also WireImage, ...
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I think having that information available on every page is largely a convenience for your users. It needs to be somewhere, but making your users search for it or making it harder to find is not going to instil confidence in your (potential) customers.
What is actually required in this respect might be regionally dependent?
AFAIK you are only required to ...
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I would typically include a small, uninstrusive link in the footer that takes you to a page with full legal details, should you require them - If your site offers a product or service, you will want to outline the terms of usage or sale of them. If your site is just a blog, all you may require is a line saying 'copyright to x', though this usually goes ...
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That depends on the jurisdiction your in.
For example in Germany it is a requirement per law to have an easy-to-find imprint linked on all your pages as of §5 TMG (German Telemedia Act) (Google translation). It is also specified, which information has to be included.
Personally, I've never bought on online-shops, that didn't have a supplier identification ...
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