| A real home based Internet business has
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| | effectively record ownership of the
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| to comply with the same legal regulations
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| | contents of the site, as well as its look
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| as an Internet business from any other
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| | and its feel.
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| location. Here are the basic legal issues
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| | Your site's domain name is an important
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| with which a real home based Internet
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| | part of the branding and marketing for
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| business owner must be familiar.
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| | your Internet business. It is best to tie
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| The first issue, and a real concern for
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| | that domain name as closely as possible
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| any home based Internet business is the
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| | to your logo, your brand and your
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| restriction based on age. The U.S.
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| | business name. Carefully choose a domain
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| Federal Trade Commission (FTC) follows
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| | name that clearly conveys the products or
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| the regulations spelled out in COPPA, the
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| | services of your real home based Internet
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| Children's Online Privacy Protection Act,
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| | business. Register your domain name as a
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| and requires that children under the age
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| | trademark and you can retain ownership
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| of 13 cannot disclose their personal
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| | should it be challenged by another
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| information unless a parent consents to
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| | business.
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| it. Children under the age of 18 cannot
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| | If your site is on the World Wide Web
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| be allowed to view adult content on the
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| | then you must comply with export
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| Internet, nor can they enter into any
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| | regulations. If you sell goods over the
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| contract.
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| | Internet to these global consumers then
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| Real time occurrences on the Web, such as
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| | you are exporting items for sale and
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| chats, must be controlled by the home
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| | entering into international countries. If
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| based Internet business owner. Bulletin
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| | your site is encrypted then you are
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| boards would have the same control
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| | exporting to other countries U.S.
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| issues. The rules of using each should
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| | Department of Commerce and Defense
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| solicit and retain the consent of each
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| | technology. There are many U.S. federal
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| online user to refrain from posting
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| | agencies that have regulations in force
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| pornography, defamatory material or
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| | for doing business with other countries,
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| anything that infringes on others'
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| | and the times and circumstances that
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| rights. Your company should also clearly
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| | require a firm to get an export license
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| state on its site that you are not liable
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| | to send information, technology or goods
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| for other users that commit to following
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| | abroad.
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| your policies and guidelines but
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| | There are countries with whom business
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| subsequently violating them.
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| | transactions are limited severely for
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| To make real your ownership of all
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| | U.S. firms. These countries are Cuba,
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| property and content on your home based
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| | Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria and
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| business Internet site you'll need a
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| | Yugoslavia. The best decision about the
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| copyright notice on the site's footer.
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| | real problems you might encounter for
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| The notice should have the date and your
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| | your home based Internet business doing
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| name and the statement "All rights
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| | business with these countries and/ or its
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| reserved." A real copy of your home based
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| | residents should be made with your
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| business Internet site should be field
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| | attorney.
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| with the U.S. copyright office. This will
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