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In our new book, we focus on issues you may encounter from the inception of your business to the moment (that hopefully doesn’t happen) you get a nasty lawyer letter for the first time.

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Bros Icing Bros - A Case for Copyright Bullying by Overreacting Smirnoff Lawyers

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Respecting the linking economy and information aggregators - part 1 of 3 online rights battles that need fighting this decade

Legal and How-to Guides for Independent Creators, Internet Users, nonprofits, and small businesses

Best Practices for Creative Commons attributions - how to attribute works you reuse under a Creative Commons license

RIAA Asks Schoolkids To Assist With Propaganda

New Media Guides Legal and How-to guides

Lost in Translation: Rosetta Stone sues Google for Trademark infringement

Trademark holders rush to secure usernames on Facebook

The AP is going stop bloggers from pirating content (or quoting in fair use for legitimate reasons)

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