Work at Home Forum - An online community of those who work from home.
Accounting and Legal Advice Work at Home Forum / Accounting and Legal Advice /

Internet Marketing Legal Issues

Author Message
cardwarrior
Member


Joined: 22 Dec 2007
Posts: 32

# Posted: 22 Dec 2007 18:29
Reply 


Does anybody have any knowledge of the legal issues Internet Marketers face today? Or does anybody know of any manuals dealing with these types of issues?

__________________
RavingRich
Member


Joined: 1 Jan 2008
Posts: 1

# Posted: 4 Jan 2008 08:43
Reply 


Internet marketing was as i known .thank u for u confirmation

__________________
970-249-0333 (Home Office)
970-209-0333 (Mobile)
970-240-4443 (Fax)
Skype: Emmanuel Farnese / esfarnese
[email protected] (Email)
[email protected] (Alternate Email)
http://www.RavingRich.com
http://www.FarneseDomains.com
http://www.profitgoldrush.com
dmitch31
Member


Joined: 18 Jan 2008
Posts: 209

# Posted: 26 Mar 2008 00:10
Reply 


Cardwarrior. What types of issues exactly are you thinking of? Are you thinking of ways that you can protect yourself from being sued? I'm not really sure how someone could sue you for placing some advertisements online. Most people don't even know where or who the advertisements come from. Can you be more specific?

Thanks.

__________________
Wealthy Affiliate Newbies Are Making $50 To $100 A Day!
pjworker
Member


Joined: 14 May 2008
Posts: 20

# Posted: 27 May 2008 20:55
Reply 


The common legal areas that you should definitely research would be the issues of copyright, trademarks and spam. Other than that, I can't think of any specific issues you would need. Oh, perhaps tax law?

__________________
pcwork
Member


Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Posts: 1631

# Posted: 27 May 2008 23:41
Reply 


Copyright and trademark are issues which are common.

__________________
opendomain
Member


Joined: 19 Aug 2007
Posts: 535

# Posted: 28 May 2008 01:21
Reply 


Fraud is also a biggie.

I've not seen any books about the subject.

Internet marketing is kind of like the wild west of business. There are still many areas that are not totally under the thumb of the law.

International marketing for instance. Who is to say where taxes are billed, who is to say what is fraud. What one government sees as illegal another may not. In a way internet marketing is self police by forums such as this one where the word is spread of fraudulent opportunities and products.

If anyone knows of a good book on the topic I would definitely pick one up.

A8ch
Silver Member


Joined: 24 Jun 2005
Posts: 496

# Posted: 28 May 2008 03:59 · Edited by: A8ch
Reply 


In addition to copyright, trademark and spam, here are other areas where legal issues could arise.

Privacy: It's good business practice to publish your policy for handling the personal and financial information that people provide when they subscribe to your newsletter or order your product.

Subscribe/Unsubscribe: If you use an ezine or newsletter signup form on your website, you should always provide a way for people to change their minds and unsubscribe if they want.

Outgoing Links: If you provide outgoing links to websites that you do not control, you should let it be known you're not responsible for the security practices, content and policies of those sites.

Guarantee: In your sales materials, be careful of the language you use to address earnings potential. Don't make absolute statements or guarantees of actual results unless you can support those claims with hard evidence.

Legal Structure: The business structure your use (Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation, Limited Liability Company) exposes you to different degrees of tax liability and protection of personal assets in case of a lawsuit.

Joint Ventures: A simple written agreement detailing the specifics of your joint venture is a prudent way to protect your interest in a JV arrangement.

Outsourcing: A Non Disclosure Agreement is a smart tool to use when you outsource work to a web designer, programmer or copywriter. You don't want your big idea leaked to the competition, or even claimed by the person doing the work for you.

Hermas

__________________
SFerber
Member


Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 10

# Posted: 14 Jul 2008 01:02
Reply 


There is also extra liability if you openly market for a company that allows you to use its Name and Logo in connection to your name. If you make claims and are later sued...YOU personally can be held liable.

Be very careful there.

__________________
Click here

Your TOTAL Wellness matters to me! Let me show you how changing a few simple things can make a big impact!

Your Reply
Bold Style  Italic Style  Underlined Style  Image Link  URL Link     :) ;) :-( ... Disable smilies

» Username  » Password 
Only registered users can post here. Enter your login/password correctly before posting a message, or register here first.
  • Messages not conforming to the forum rules will not be approved or, deleted without any explanation.
  • Please do not post email addresses. If essential, obfuscate them (user [at] domain.com or something like that).
  • Please do not use BOLD to highlight entire post.
 


Page loading time (secs): 0.055


Custom Search

RSS feed (?)
  Add to My Yahoo! Add to Google Add to My MSN  
Subscribe and get your updates by email

Forums: General Advice · Accounting and Legal Advice · Business Opportunities and Programs Reviews · Productivity and Motivation · Network/Multi-level Marketing · General Marketing · Website Promotion · Web Design and Hosting · Work at Home Jobs · 1StepSystem · Prosperity Automated System · Paid Surveys · Coastal Vacations · Profit Lance · Agel · My Powermall · Squidoo · West at Home · Global Resorts Network · Wealthy Affiliate · Casual Chat · Work at Home Moms · Work at Home Dads · Raising Kids · Health · Stress Management · Meditation · Diet and Nutrition

Member Ranking · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · About Us · Contact Us · Support Us · Friends

Free PHP Contact Form Script

Sitemap: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

© 2004-2009 Work at Home Forum. All rights reserved.