Website Law: The Legal Guide for Website Owners and Bloggers

An indispensable resource for every website owner and blogger, explaining copyright, trademark, privacy and publicity rights, defamation, pornography, and other applicable laws.

Thorough explanations of the public domain, “fair use” and other copyright defenses are provided in easy-to-understand language. The author also shows how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Communications Decency Act can be used to protect website owners and bloggers from liability for user-provided content.

Finally, the ins and outs of licensing music and other kinds of content for use in a web site are explained in detail, with specific information about kinds of licensing agreements; terms; royalty calculations, payments and accounting. The author also explains how to access literally thousands of images and other kinds of content without having to pay a royalty or fee.

Includes forms, quick-reference charts, resource list and more to help navigate the hazardous waters of Internet law.

Written by an attorney.