2010 Resolution -- Give Your Website a Legal Check-Up
Copyright © 2010 Chip Cooper
We all make New Year's resolutions - some are personal, some are business or professional in nature. Even if we don't actually make New Year's resolutions, we engage in formal and informal "planning" as we look ahead to the new year.
If you operate a website, you're probably aware that your website operations are now highly regulated. And the pace of legal regulations continues to accelerate.
Which means that you face an increasing risk of legal liability.
So, it's a good idea to give your website a legal check-up and to update your site before it's too late.
General Issue Checklist
The general checklist below covers issues that are not new issues which arose in 2009. These issues have been around for a while, but some may be new to you, particularly if your website or marketing activities changed recently.
* Copyright Notice. These are the basic elements of a copyright notice: the word "copyright" or copyright symbol (c in a circle) followed by the year of first publication followed by the name of the copyright owner followed by "All rights reserved worldwide." Here's an example taken from my
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Leading Internet, IP and software lawyer Chip Cooper has automated the process of drafting website legal compliance documents with his MyLegalFirewall website documents drafting service. Use his free online tool Website Documents Determinator to quickly determine which documents your website really needs. And grab your 3 complimentary Special Reports.
