Website Law. Internet Law.

Francine | June 10, 2010

For starters, did you know that the person who creates your website, including the content, videos, fonts, graphics, and html source code is the owner of the copyright in that creative work–even if you paid money for it? And wait, there’s more–what about Terms of Use, Privacy

Second Life Changes its Terms of Use. Terms of Service.

Francine | May 10, 2010

One issue that is sure to arise is the question of who really owns your content, and what can other SL users do with your content. By way of illustration, let’s look at the SL Terms of Use / Terms of Service. In part, Section 7.3 reads as follows:

Legal Copyright Infringement

Francine | October 19, 2009

Legal Copyright Infringement is honestly an oxymoron- if it qualifies as Copyright Infringement, then it is, by definition, illegal. This being said sometimes it’s hard to know where the gray area of legal vs. illegal starts.

Trademarks. Patents. 4 Tips on Trademarks and Why you Might want a Trademark more than a Patent

Francine | October 1, 2009

A trademark is a word, phrase, name, symbol, logo, design, or a combination of those things, which identifies the source of a product and/or service. In some cases, sounds and colors can also serve as trademarks