All Posts Tagged With: "Legal"
Mosquito Devices Told To Buzz Off
A while back I wrote about Mosquito ringtones that most adults can’t hear, that kids were using in schools to receive calls and SMSs because their teachers couldn’t hear it. If you’ve never heard a Mosquito ringtone then there are some samples later on.
The ringtone is based upon the Mosquito device, that around 3,500 retailers [...]
Does Your Blog Have A Privacy Policy?
I’ve just applied for a new blog advertising network, and one of the requirements for membership is to have a privacy policy linked to from the homepage.
I have a comment policy to reduce the chances of the site being accused of online libel, but I suddenly realised that I didn’t have a privacy policy for [...]
Friday Fun: The World’s Weirdest Legal Cases
The Times have just started a new column featuring some of the world’s weirdest legal cases, and they’ve kicked off the column with 20 of the best ones.
My favourite is number 17, followed by number 3 - what’s yours?
Do You Pay Taxes On Your Blog Earnings?
I’ve just completed my first tax return and made my payment that includes the earnings from this site. My personal return is usually quite simple, so this was the first time I’ve had to make a big tax payment to the taxman.
The majority of my payment was from money I’d made from this blog, and [...]
Do You Own A Mobile Phone Jammer?
I just read an old story on The Telegraph about how mobile phone jammers are becoming popular in America, which allow their users to cut off other people’s mobile phone calls at the press of a button. Buyers reportedly include restaurateurs, hair salon owners, hoteliers, bus drivers and commuters.
Apparently they are becoming so [...]
Facebook Asked To Remove Scrabulous
Although I haven’t seen any figures for the amount of revenue that popular Facebook apps are making, I’m sure there are some serious cashcows out there. One that undoubtedly was making money was Scrabulous, which is based on the popular Scrabble game. Scrabulous is rumoured to be making the owners $25k a month, [...]
16Jan2008 | Everton | 5 comments | ContinuedGoogle Page Rank Fallout - Possible Legal Action?
I’m so happy that Andy B sent me a digg shout (I take it back - I don’t hate them!) with the shocking news about the latest Google PageRank update, as I would have missed it totally as I’ve been working so hard this week I haven’t read any feeds.
Andy’s latest post (again read via [...]
Brits Leading The Way With Illegal Music Downloads
Entertainment Media Research and legal firm Olswang have just conducted the fourth annual Digital Music Survey, and the results back up what we are seeing at my ISP, that British internet users are downloading more and more music and videos.
The survey found that 43% of those questioned admitted to downloading music for free from BitTorrent, [...]
YouDeparted.com: Create An Electronic Safe Deposit Box For When You Die
I’ve just read about an interesting new site. YouDeparted.com, provides an ‘electronic safe deposit box’ that your loved ones can open once you’ve died. The box could be used to store lots of emails telling people what you really think of them, but it could also contain messages, files including mp3 recordings, electronic [...]
31Jul2007 | Everton | 5 comments | ContinuedAllOfMP3 Shut Down By The Russian Govenrnment - What Are The Alternatives?
Allofmp3.com have finally bitten the dust, and has been shut down by the Russian Government. They fought as long as they could, but Allofmp3.com really didn’t stand a chance once the World Trade Organisation starting threatening to block Russia’s entry because of their activities.
4Jul2007 | Everton | 12 comments | Continued
