Hyperlinks have been a part of the World Wide Web since it first came into use. Just add a little bit of code, put in the address, and people who read your site can go away from your page to other interesting sites that are in some way relevant to what you’re talking about. While there have been a few instances where the question has popped up if you are responsible for what you link...
In late Oct., Twitter laid out some new rules for how people could use its name, trademarks and so on. One of those included rules was in regards to using the words “Twitter” or “Tweet” in a domain or product name, but thus far the company has taken no action against anyone. It was beginning to feel like it was one of those rules that exists just in case they need it, but all of that...
It would appear that the United States government was on a bit of a tear this past week with seizing domain names of sites that traffic in illegal goods. From counterfeit designer items to sites that link to BitTorrent sites, everything was up for grabs it seems. The issues are that one of the sites was nothing more than a search engine and the second problem is that not even their...
Getting yourself into debt is a stressful situation to begin with, and it is one that people usually like to hide from their friends and family. No one wants other people to know that they have gotten themselves into this situation. Unfortunately, in this interconnected age of social networking, it has become all too easy for debt collectors to discover exactly who your loved ones are...
Did you ever think you would hear a United States Supreme Court Justice utter the words “Mortal Kombat“? What about “Vulcan”? Yeah, not exactly something you would think you’d hear in those hallowed chambers, but those very phrases, amongst others, were uttered yesterday as the court heard arguments about the constitutional merits of a law regarding the sales and rentals of violent...
The state of North Carolina has been after Amazon for some time now to turn over detailed customer records so that they can can charge residents of the state appropriate “use tax” on every item they’ve ordered from the retailer. While Amazon doesn’t have to charge state taxes in locations where it doesn’t have a physical presence, consumers are supposed to report each item purchased...
It would appear that no matter how tightly you lock down your privacy settings on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, if you get involved with a lawsuit, you could see those doors burst wide open if a judge deems it necessary. According to Forbes, Kathleen Romano filed a lawsuit against Steelcase Inc., a chair company, because she fell out of one of their chairs while working...
There has been a growing trend amongst employers in the United States to drop by a perspective new employee’s Facebook profile and see what they can learn about them. While some have felt this was beyond the scope of what an employer should do, the human resource departments of larger companies have said it is a valuable tool. It would seem the trend has grown across the world because...
When you are a multi-billion dollar company with about a thousand questions about privacy issues, a reputation that is losing its luster and a major movie coming up about the questionable means by which the company was launched, do you really want to be trolling for more bad publicity? You know, like picking on a tiny niche site that has yet to even launch? That is exactly the...