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Web startup - possible legal issues with crawling content from other sites
We are building a website which will aggregate listings from various other websites. I would build my website to add extra search filters and other useful tools around this content that the other ...
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Disclosing names of customer companies without their permission?
A lot of websites show off their customer lists (ie: http://www.browserstack.com/) on their homepage as a way to get extra credibility with the potential user.
Before putting the logos/names of ...
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Is it legally right to put movie/music/games cover art on a website?
We want to launch a website where we put information about movies, music and more.
Each item (movie, music etc.) will have it's own page. On this page there will be some information about the item, ...
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How to protect myself from uncommitted co-founders
Two of us came together to work on an idea for a web startup. We end up killing the initial product and a third person joined. A new product is built and launched.
It happens that I'm the technical ...
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Is it legal to add content to a third party sites via a browser extension?
I want to create an extension that adds content on third party sites.
I will not show any advertising and I will not hide the site's content.
I'd like to add my related content to 5 or 6 third party ...
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Startup project - hide from employer or cooperate with him?
I am a software developer. I have a good idea and I'd like to create a startup. I am planning to invite one or two of my colleagues as co-founders.
I am concerned about the relationships with my ...
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Website - Do I need a lawyer?
In the next few days I want to start a gaming network.
Now I have written everything by myself and I am wondering about legal issues.
For example: Payment, User-agreement, TOS?
I currently live in ...
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legal issues releasing my personal website
I've been trying to make my personal website for a long time, and now that is almost done, I've been investigating about some legal details that I must solve in order to release my website, based on ...
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Is it legal to sell game templates?
I'm thinking about setting up a membership based site where I design game website templates and allow the members free access to the templates as a paid member.
I see websites selling actual gaming ...
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Starting a software company without registration
I want to sell a software product. I would like to use a brand name e.g. mysoftcompany in the EULA (End User License Agreement) and in the contact details of webpage. So that the software is sold ...
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Using customers' logo on my website [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I use the logos of other companies on my site?
This is a legal question, so I suppose I should consult a lawyer ... any lawyers reading this? ;-)
After almost 2 ...
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Can I sell an open source project to my client?
i have one open source project, i want to sell this to my client by making some modification in the existing project. Is it good to sell or is it permissible to sell the open source project to ...
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Partnership Gone Bad
For the past 6 months or so I have been working on a project with 2 partners. Here's the breakdown:
Partner 1: Finance, marketing, sales, legal
Partner 2: Product dev, design, branding
Me: Tech, ...
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Legal issues for a donations website?
I'm about 95% into what started as a personal project but has developed into a nice website with some interest. It's a distributed-donation platform for donating to charities.
Here's a quick ...
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“Doing business as” registration – is it needed for an online only business?
Selling ad space on a website has no physical place of business except for the office, which might be the owner's home. Also, if registering a DBA would be needed, it would have to be all over the ...
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Use of copyrighted brand images On commercial website
I can't seem to find any exact language on using a company's copyrighted logos on a website. I am going to make a website for a business who distributes products related to a large soda company. ...
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When Terms of Use must be confirmed at each User Login?
Why would a website need to have terms of use confirmed at each user login ?
This question came from a related topic on Drupal Answers.
My first guess is there is a legal regulation when selling or ...
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I am a web model and I signed a contract with a non-compete clause I want to get out with out a problem help?
The contract is for 2 years and im only 2 months into it and it also has a non compete clause/Exclusivity clause ... so i really want to get out of this fast its a bad bad deal..
D. Exclusivity. Not ...
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Legal questions - Linking to streams
I'm looking to start a website which will link to online streams.
I have a few questions:
Would I be liable for people linking to illegal streams from my website (my website will only link to ...
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Getting Amazon Affiliate fees in California
Amazon recently announced that it will cease paying affiliate reward to its California associates. As a startup very reliant on affiliate fees, is there any way to get around this?
Background: We ...
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When should I register as an agent to receive copyright infringement notices?
I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time to ...
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Do I need an LLC for a website that makes money from ads?
I was looking for some important startup advice for something I am trying to start. I am creating a financial planning/informational website with a buddy. The only way we are going to make any money ...
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I got a grant for my idea but now want to go out on my own. How will investors perceive this?
I applied for a grant to create a website that will 'save the world'. The grant-giving organization gave me a choice: take the grant which would fund the first two months (hiring a web developer), ...
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User generated site responsibility
Who is responsible for content posted by a user on the Web? The site owner or users themselves?
For example, who is guilty if one person insults somebody else using his blog or talk-back? The person ...
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I have a site and a company. How do I actually put the site as owned by this company?
Essentially, a site is just something independent that lives on the Web. How do I actually associate that site as being protected under legal liability of my LLC company?
Does it just happen ...
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One-man startup wondering if I should recruit help, and the smart way to go about it
I'm looking to start a website to supplement my day gig. I have the ideas, funds, and skills to do pretty much everything by myself, except for the front-end design. I plan to own the site under my ...
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Can I be sued for a website that posts to other websites?
here in my country there are a lot of sell-buy-type sites like ebay somewhat. Two of them are the most popular. I'm thinking in creating a website that when you list something to sell, it automaticly ...
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Online contract management solution? [closed]
Anyone know of an ONLINE solution for managing contracts, legal forms, etc? Something where I could generate, send, sign, and store legal contracts online- so that both parties would never need to ...
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Can I have two different websites using the same PayPal account?
I have one site up that is struggling to find a MVP and getting dangerously close to running out of cash.
I have PayPal set up under that entity. However, now, I'd like to create a separate website ...
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Need to block certain countries or not?
If I am a website owner of a file-sharing website, do I need to block access to a certain country or not? Does the United States have any laws that require this sort of action from a webmaster?
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Freelance Web Designer - Should I do LLC or just file SE 1040
Just keeping it simple. I am a freelance web designer, I have an accountant, and I take payments payable to my name. Is there any reason I should form an LLC? Am I safe to continue doing what I'm ...
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Creating a QA site - Becoming a lot like SE
I wanted to create a new website that was a Question and Answer site in a specific niche (one that SE is not in right now). My problem is that the more I design and create the website, the closer it ...
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What type of work should I not do before being incorporated?
I'm working on an idea (consumer web) but am not yet incorporated. I am considering farming out some work to free lancers. Is there any issue in doing that before incorporation? What about my own ...
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Is it legal to re-use web design from a GNU public license project?
I found a web design layout that I like, and it is from a GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE open source project.
Will I run into any legal issues here?
I know I should talk to a lawyer, but just curious as ...
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A Site with area for donations
I am starting up a site for people to go to in order to post messages to the 33 Chilean miners who are trapped in that mine shaft for possibly 3 months. Is it legal for me to put up a donation button ...
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Godaddy Service Agreement
I have a question regarding Godaddys User agreement. When reading section 5 and specificly section 6, it sounds as if anything you upload to their servers for them to host, they can use and keep for ...
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When should I register a LLC/S Corp?
I currently have a website in beta. I am not earning anything (for now) with this site. It doesn't have terms of service or the privacy policy listed on it.
It appears that some people's opinion is ...
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What is the process required/recommended to convert a website into an LLC?
Given that I have a website that is making revenue, live in California, and would like it to be claimed under an LLC, what is the process to accomplish this? Should I be forming a sole proprietorship ...
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New Social Networking Site, help with Liability Insurance please
I'm about to launch a new website business. I'm incorporate as an LLC but the site is not quite finished yet. I hope to launch it soon. Currently, I don't have any employees.
However, I realize I ...
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Recommendations for a rating/review website
I'm building a web platform to allow users rate/review a niche group of organizations and consultants.
I would love to blog about the development process and design decisions. Should I keep my ...
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Seed Capital to Live On, Do I Pay Taxes?
I've been working on a startup since Jan. 1, 2009. To keep me alive (physically on a ramen diet) my parents give me $1-$2k per month. My company is set up as an LLC and my parents would like to ...
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Legal question + website copy protection?
My work partner and I have just finished to built a new community website about sport.
We also have created a Private Limited Company in UK (with the help of an accountant).
We both don't know ...
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Are you required to claim ownership of the site?
Are you required to claim ownership of the site by your company in the footer or the about page? You know something like onstartups.com is owned by Onstartups, LLC or Copyright: Onstartups, LLC
And ...
