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Social Media Consulting
Social media can be a boon for businesses who want to get the word out quickly and (relatively) cheaply about the goods or services they offer. However, social media can be a double-edged sword. Imagine these scenarios:
- An employee posts negative information about your company on Facebook or Twitter (which have high SEO) that show up on Google search results for your company;
- An unhappy customer or competitor posts negative information about your company on “complaints” websites; or
- Another entity or person takes up your company’s name on various social media websites such as LinkedIn and Facebook.
Every company today needs to have a social media policy to govern their employee’s activities and a strategy to prevent the misappropriation of your corporate name.
Centre’s attorneys and consultants can provide a strategy that fits your company’s needs. Because our attorneys have engaged in litigation related to social media, we know the pitfalls to avoid in developing and executing a policy for you.
Please contact Eric S. Crusius, Esq. via e-mail at ecrusius@centreconsult.com or by phone at (703) 288-2800 should you have any questions.
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Further Research
Copyright Act: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/
Digital Millennium Copyright Act: http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/pl105-304.pdf
Lanham Act (Trademark law): http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/tmlaw.pdf
Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ICANN): http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm
Guide to the CAN-SPAM Act: http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business
Hacking statute: http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/1030_new.html