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Crazy people out there. This story on techdirt tells of a nasty little law firm - which is claiming it is both illegal to link to their site and view source of their webpages!!! Wow i wonder what a user of lynx the linux text based browser would have to do - just look away quickly. Oddly with one of code :

file_get_contents("http://www.cybertriallawyer.com/")

, i can grab the entire home page of the site - and place it into a text box (which ive done below) - i wonder if that is allowed as im not using the view source 'feature; of my browser.. hmmm

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<p><h1>Dozier Internet Law Protects Web Business</h1></p>

<p><a href="http://johndozierjr.typepad.com/dozierinternetlaw/2008/07/dozier-intern-1.html">Breaking News: FTC Rules Set November 1, 2008 Drop Dead Date for Compliance with "Red Flag" Documentation.</a></p>

<p>We Are A Top "Peer" Rated, Preeminent Law Firm Protecting the Reputations and Intellectual Property of Businesses on the Web and we have handled 356 legal matters involving online defamation, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and hacking. Read about them by clicking on the subject matter link in the left navigation bar.</p>

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<p>Listen to Mr. Dozier's recent guest appearance on WSRadio. Part 1 covers Copyright and Domains (11:33), Part 2 discusses the law of affiliate marketing (5:41), Part 3 covers PPC and blog liability (14:01), and Part 4 addresses how a business should go about selecting an Internet lawyer (5:38).</p>

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<ul><li>Lawyers Teaching Lawyers: Mr. Dozier and Mr. Morris presented a two hour seminar this summer for lawyers about online defamation. The invitation to speak was extended by the educational division of the Virginia Law Foundation, governed by representatives of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, and seven of Virginia's law schools.</li>
<li>Don Morris was honored to be the featured speaker at the Click Quality Council on April 24. The <a href="http://johndozierjr.typepad.com/dozierinternetlaw/2008/04/dozier-intern-4.html">Dozier Internet Law Blog on the Law of PPC</a> is a good introduction to the issues he covered. We are working adding the powerpoint and audio to the site.</li>
<li>The popular, oft cited and widely blogged <a href="http://www.cybertriallawyer.com/scofflaw-bloggers">"Top Ten Blogger Personas: The Mobosphere Unveiled"</a> paper describes the types of online scofflaws attacking businesses.</li>
<li>Dozier Internet Law releases <a href="http://dozier-internet-law.cybertriallawyer.com">a comment</a> on "Public Citizen" providing free and ongoing legal protection for "scam reporting" websites.</li>
<li>John Dozier spoke on the emerging arena of domain name and trademark infringement law at the annual Pubcon/Webmasterworld Conference in Las Vegas.</li>
<li>Don't miss the <a href="http://dozierinternetlawpc.cybertriallawyer.com">Dozier Federal Court Report</a>. It's a listing of the most important Federal Court lawsuits filed each week.</li>
<li>Mr. Dozier <a href="/technologylawyer">discussed blogger liability</a> on the morning news show of Silicon Valley's KSRO Radio. Text transcript <a href="http://www.cybertriallawyer.com/technologylawyer">here.</a></li>
<li>Mr. Dozier recently spoke in San Francisco at OnlineMarketWorld on avoiding defamation, copyright infringement and related liabilities arising from user generated content in the Web 2.0 world.</li>
<li>Listen to Mr. Dozier's <a href="http://www.cybertriallawyer.com/internetlawattorney">web interview</a> on blogger liability. (Text transcript available on linked page.)</p></li></ul>

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<p><b>Visit Mr. Dozier's <a href="http://johndozierjr.typepad.com/dozierinternetlaw">Internet lawyer blog on the past, present and future of online law.</a></b></p>

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<b>John "Bull" Dozier: Entrepreneur, Technologist, Hired Gun and Founder of Dozier Internet Law, PC.</b>

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<p>Many pick us to solve an online legal issue, so whether you think of Dozier Internet Law as your Internet lawyer, Internet lawyers, Internet attorney or Internet attorneys, also think of us as YOUR specialists...experts at practicing the law of the Internet.</p>

<p><p class="header">CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. The information on this site is not intended to constitute legal advice and communication via email, telephone, or in writing with an internet attorney does not constitute the creation of an attorney-client relationship until a formal, written legal retainer agreement is signed by Dozier Internet Law. We rarely set forth case results on this site because of lawyer ethics considerations. Sometimes we will link to a decision involving Dozier Internet Law. Whatever the reference to legal results in a particular matter, please understand that case and matter results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each such case or matter, and prior case or matter results do not predict or guarantee a similar result in future cases or matters. John W. Dozier, Jr. is the responsible attorney for this website, which is "Attorney Advertising."</p>

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