Francine | August 28, 2010
Are you an information marketer? Do you sell products and/or services on the Internet, including social media sites? … then listen up! … the FTC was has cracked down … and it could involve you…
Francine | August 20, 2010
Facebook Teacher … This week, Massachusetts high school teacher June Talvitie-Siple discovered that she should “think before she tweets” or in this case, before she posts!
Francine | July 30, 2010
We’ll explore what is a copyright, duration of a copyright, what does a copyright protect, infringement, and defenses to a claim of copyright infringment.
Francine | June 25, 2010
Today, I read a really interesting article about ASCAP’s (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) decision to make war on copyright infringers. They are calling for an all-out assault on organizations, which support infringers, and thus undermine a creative person’s right to protect their valuable copyrights. Among those organizations are Creative Commons, Public Knowledge [...]
Francine | March 19, 2010
The third essential term of a valid and enforceable contract is CONSIDERATION.
There must be valid CONSIDERATION. This is simply an exchange of something of value, a bargained-for-exchange, which could be money, property, services, or where one party agrees not to do something it has a right to do, such as not sue. Without a bargained-for-exchange [...]
Francine | February 22, 2010
Listen here to the Twitter lawsuit audio or read below:
Twitter lawsuits. Social media is the hottest thing since pantyhose, roller boards, laptops, and email. It’s fun, fast paced and allows us to create community as never before. We can connect with family and friends, find old pals, and build a customer base at a fraction [...]
Francine | August 21, 2009
Truck drags pedestrian [Award: $3,700,000].
Pedestrian suffered massive injuries when he was struck in a crosswalk by a trash-hauling truck and dragged 20 yards under the front of the truck (Hatten v. NASA Services Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Francine | May 3, 2009
If you create videos using copyright protected music, and then upload them to YouTube without permission from the copyright holder, or a synchronization license, then read on…
In a recent California case, (Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 572 F.Supp. 2d 1150 (N.D. Calif. 2008)), a woman created a 29-second video of her kids dancing to the [...]
Francine | March 21, 2009
Before you sign that book contract, know what’s in it. Here are a few of the contract provisons that you should pay special attention to:
Territories — how broad is the scope of the publisher’s reach? Are you giving them permission to sell/distribute your book worldwide, or just in select countries?
Advances — This is a loan, and you need to [...]
Francine | February 21, 2009
At a recent presentation I gave to a group of information marketers, speakers, and authors, I attempted to drive home the point of how important it is to read and understand documents BEFORE you sign them. I engaged the audience in an experiential exercise designed to get their attention–and it did. The exercise caused much [...]
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