A number of different legal issues have come up on the forum recently, so I will put my attorney / lawyer hat on and address a few. Hopefully, this will be a thorough post addressing some the most common questions about the law.

Copyright

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For instance, this forum. If you have something Internet Marketing related one of the fastest ways to get noticed is to have information about it, or a link to it, posted in the Warrior Forum.

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... double-check that your affiliate links work and your affiliate ID is correct.

A couple of my boo-boos the past few months:

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Each article has something in common ...

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Too many webmasters, especially Internet Marketers, blow-off trademark issues. Usually, this is because they have personally not been dragged through the courts. If you are in this category then the following story may finally catch your attention.

An online entrepreneur recently sought legal assistance from my office. I turned him down, but his story is significant.

15 years ago he was sued for trademark infringement due to one of his websites. He lost the case. The...