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Fake User Profiles: Free Speech or Defamation?
- Rating: 9
- Nov 7th, 2008
- Article
How closely are you monitoring the user-generated content being published on your portfolio of sites? In this article, Chris explores the ramifications of hosting content that is defamatory, and how to avoid paying a price for the right to do so.
Navigating Open Source Licensing
- Rating: 8.5
- Mar 9th, 2005
- Article
The decision to use an open source license can plunge Web professionals into a mire of patent, trademark and copyright law. In this expose, Blane speaks with Eric Raymond, cofounder of the Open Source Initiative, in an effort to untangle the complexities of open source licensing.
Interview - Rob Kasunic, US Copyright Office
- Rating: 6.5
- Aug 20th, 2004
- Interview
The Internet has taken intellectual property and copyright law and turned it on its head. Blane talks with principal legal advisor to the US Copyright Office, Rob Kasunic, about the role of copyright, the problems of international digital copyright infringement, and more.
Sabotage! Coping With The Joe Job
- Rating: 9.1
- Feb 4th, 2004
- Case Study
The Joe Job is a form of Website sabotage used by vindictive visitors or competitors. As your site becomes more successful, you become more vulnerable. Dillian leverages his own bitter experience in this step-by-step guide to recovering from a Joe Job attack.
Other Articles in our Legal Issues category
| Article | Date | Type | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logic Sold Separately - Legal Issues for Developers | 2003-03-28 | Article | 8.7 |
| Legal Issues for eCommerce Business | 2002-11-18 | Article | 7.1 |
| Site Use Agreements - Is Your Site Safe? | 2002-09-16 | Article | 8.5 |
| Is Your Company Name Legal? | 2002-08-19 | Article | 7.4 |
| Design Theft - The Webmaster's Recourse | 2002-08-07 | Article | 8.1 |
| The 10 Confidentiality Commandments | 2002-07-15 | Article | 8.4 |
| Contracts of Employment - What They Mean to You | 2002-06-10 | Article | 8.4 |
| Software Legalities Part 2 - Software Escrow | 2002-05-27 | Tutorial | 7.9 |
| Service Agreements Simplified | 2002-04-29 | Article | 8.3 |
| Intellectual Property Primer | 2002-04-15 | Article | 8.5 |
| Daylight Robbery! The Legal and Illegal Use of Web Graphics | 2001-12-10 | Article | 8.4 |
| The Need for a Written Website Contract | 2001-09-12 | Article | 6.6 |
| Who Owns the Copyright to Your Website? | 2001-08-14 | Article | 7.4 |
| General Public License, Explained | 2001-05-23 | Article | 8 |
| Copyright For The Webmaster | 1999-12-23 | Article | 8.6 |
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