The Cyber Citizen's Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Internet Law for Your Professional Online Presence
If you actively use the internet to advance your business and professional endeavors, you are a cyber citizen and this book is for you. As a good cyber citizen, you want to stay legal online and protect your online interests. The Cyber Citizen's Guide Through the Legal Jungle addresses legal issues that arise during each step of establishing and maintaining your professional online presence whether you blog, podcast, operate a website, publish an email newsletter, host a fan site, or offer...
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If you actively use the internet to advance your business and professional endeavors, you are a cyber citizen and this book is for you. As a good cyber citizen, you want to stay legal online and protect your online interests. The Cyber Citizen's Guide Through the Legal Jungle addresses legal issues that arise during each step of establishing and maintaining your professional online presence whether you blog, podcast, operate a website, publish an email newsletter, host a fan site, or offer original content on a social networking site.
Part 1 Establishing Your Online Presence 171 Introduction 191.1 Are You a Cyber Citizen? 191.2 Who Should Read This Book? 201.3 How to Use This Book 202 Checklist of Legal Issues for the Cyber Citizen 23Part 2 Knowing Your Online Rights and Responsibilities 293 Protecting Your Online Content 313.1 Copyright Law Basics 313.2 Your Exclusive Rights in Your Copyrighted Work 323.3 What Is Not Protected by Copyright? 343.4 Who Owns the Copyright in an Online Work? 363.5 Copyright Law Formalities 383.6 Specific Online Content Protected by Copyright 423.7 Other Laws that Protect Your Online Content 493.8 Options if Your Online Content Is Used without Your Permission 544 Registering the Copyright in Your Online Work 614.1 Benefits of Copyright Registration 614.2 Necessity of Registering Your Online Work 624.3 Copyright Registration Basics 624.4 Online Registration 644.5 Online Fill-In Form 674.6 Group Registration, Generally 684.7 Group Registration of Your Online Work as an Automated Database 714.8 Group Registration of Your Online Work as a Serial 734.9 Preregistration 784.10 Available Copyright Registration Methods for Specific Online Works 805 Selecting Your Domain Name 835.1 What Is a Domain Name? 835.2 Your Relationship with Domain Name Registries, Registrars and ICANN 865.3 How to Select a Domain Name 875.4 Qualifying a Domain Name as a Trademark 905.5 Trademark Basics 916 Protecting Your Domain Name and Personal Name 1036.1 How Domain Name Disputes Arise 1036.2 How to Avoid Domain Name Disputes 1046.3 Resolving Domain Name Disputes through the UDRP, ACPA and Traditional Trademark Lawsuits 1056.4 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) 1086.5 Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) 1126.6 Traditional Trademark Lawsuits 1136.7 Bad Faith under the UDRP and ACPA 1156.8 The Commercial Use Requirement 1216.9 Protecting Your Personal Name on the Internet 1236.10 Use of Trademarks and Names in Post Domain and Sub Domain Paths 1287 Protecting Your Technology 1317.1 Patent Law Basics 1317.2 Requirements for Patentability 1327.3 Business Method Patents 1347.4 Filing a Patent Application 1357.5 Protecting Technology through Trade Secrets 1407.6 Protecting Technology through Contract 1418 Using Other Peoples Material 1438.1 Permissions and Rights Clearance Basics 1438.2 Use Protected by the First Amendment 1448.3 Copyright Fair Use 1458.4 Trademark Fair Use 1468.5 Parody 1478.6 Public Domain Materials 1498.7 Using Other's Copyrighted Materials 1548.8 Using Other Protected Materials 1598.9 Mentioning Real People Online 1618.10 Using Music on the Internet 1708.11 Obtaining Permission 1759 Monitoring Your Relationships with and Obligations to Online Visitors 1819.1 Online Privacy Policy 1819.2 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) 1829.3 Spam and Unsolicited Commercial Email 1859.4 Cyber Stalking and Cyber Bullying 188Part 3 Engaging in Specific Online Activities 19110 Services Used by Cyber Citizens 19310.1 Web Hosts and Other Service Providers 19310.2 Sample Terms Used by Service Providers 19411 Blogs and Podcasts 19711.1 What Is a Blog? 19711.2 Who Owns the Blog Content? 19711.3 Blogging Anonymously 19911.4 Can You Be Fired for Blogging? 20011.5 Bloggers as Journalists 20311.6 What Is a Podcast? 20911.7 Interview Releases 21012 Social Networking Sites and User Generated Content 21112.1 What Is a Social Networking Site? 21112.2 What Is User Generated Content? 21112.3 Best Practices for Creators of User Generated Content 21212.4 Best Practices for Sites that Allow Online Visitors to Post User Generated Content 21212.5 Digital Millennium Copyright Act Protection 21412.6 Impersonation and Use of Celebrity Names on Social Networking Sites 21612.7 Wikis 21713 Fan Sites, Gripe Sites, and Parody Sites 21913.1 Commentary Sites 21913.2 Safe and Risky Content for an Unofficial Fan Site 22013.3 Criticism, Gripe and Parody Sites 22413.4 Use of Trademarks and Celebrity Names in Commentary Sites 22613.5 Disclaimers for Commentary Sites 22713.6 Real-Life Examples of Acceptable and Unacceptable Commentary Sites 22814 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing 23114.1 What Is Peer-to-Peer File Sharing? 23114.2 Media Industry Actions against Individual File Sharers 23214.3 Media Industry Actions against Internet Companies 23414.4 Other Media Industry Responses to Peer-to-Peer File Sharing 23415 Email Newsletters, Discussion Forums and Online Communications 23715.1 Online Communication Methods 23715.2 Legal Issues Common to Online Communication Methods 240Appendices 243Appendix A Resources and Forms 245A.1 General Resources for the Cyber Citizen 245A.2 Tips and Sample Forms for Registering the Copyright in Your Online Work 248A.3 Tips and Sample Form for Registering Your Domain Name as a Trademark 273A.4 Sample DMCA Takedown Notices and Counter Notices 282A.5 Sample Website Development Agreement 286A.6 Sample Terms of Service for Website 290Appendix B Glossary of Terms 295Index 301About the Author 309
