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Old 07-08-2006, 09:32 PM
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The more business you do, the more likely you are to get sued. Having good service agreements, contracts and other protective devices is crucial. Beyond that, you should always have someone within your organization that can handle disputes with clients in house. Sometimes to avoid a hairy situation, you have to be willing to comprimise, even if you know you're right.

A sure fire way to avoid being sued is to always fire back instantly when questioned in a highly negative way about services provided. If someone begins to approach you in a threatening manner, you must show them that you are immediately willing to wash your hands of the situation and put it in the hands of your lawyer. 90% of people that threaten suit, are doing just that. They are merely threatening you. Unless you're dealing in $ amounts in excess of $5,000 + per project, most people will back down when it comes to litigation. Lawyers are just too **** expensive.

For those in more serious business, make sure you have a good lawyer. I've been in business for around 8 years, and have only been stiffed twice. The other 2 companies that tried to screw us, talked tuff at first, but the day we put it in our attorney's hands, they gave us a cc and paid their balances in full.

The bottom line; provide a good service and don't post in forums after you've had more than 7 or 8 beers.
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Old 07-12-2006, 05:27 PM
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Never been sued but have received notices from lawyers.

In fact we just recently received one regarding a domain name we own that partially contained a trademarked term.

Although it is not a clear cut case, I took the domain down just to save our company the hassle of any sort of litigation.
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Old 07-12-2006, 05:45 PM
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i was threatened to be taken to court because because the company in question held the intellectual rights or something of the product (money from a game) i was selling. Apart from that had no issues
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Old 07-12-2006, 05:59 PM
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I have never been sued but have been threatened once or twice due to some of my investing forums claiming defemation of character on a business and asking me to remove the post.... In one case i did remove it as the post was in appropriate the other i didn't because the business was a scam and we were just pointing it out... needless to say after a few threatening emails i never heard from them again as there is a thing called freedom of speech. Main reason it got their attention as it came up as #2 if you searched for their company at the time
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Old 07-12-2006, 06:05 PM
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I think a step to prevent being sued would be some good discalimers and privacy policy.

IMO, not much help.

I've been sued and I have initiated suits.

The best defense is to appear "dirt poor".

Lawyers chase those with deep-pockets, just as we target the high-paying adwords :001_rolleyes:
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Old 07-12-2006, 06:06 PM
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No, I have not been sued. I have been threatened a few times in the past, though.
hehe, I'm a minor and I've sold a few sites.... nah I would never be such a jerk.
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Old 07-12-2006, 06:16 PM
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Amazingly I have not been sued yet. I had a really good typo of a website of one of the biggest brands on the planet and I unloaded it to another buyer before they could C&D me. However, the domain is still active, so maybe they haven't noticed yet or don't care. I got my money, so I'm doin fine
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Old 07-12-2006, 06:55 PM
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I had a problem with 1&1 hosting a few years back, just when they started. They had a "free hosting" gimmick that was for the grand opening. I was interested and took part in the offer. Two years later or so, a collection agency sends me a mail giving me a bill of 23 dollars I supposedly owed to 1&1. I threw it away, and they sent me another one in a month. I threw that one away, and they said they would have legal action against me. They never did. I figure that the 23 dollars wasn't worth it lol.
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Old 07-15-2006, 07:26 PM
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I have never been sued, and I must say that in Sweden it is mot definately not as easy and as usual to sue somebody.

And if I was to be sued in the US, I am quite protected as I live in Sweden, because what I know the documents need to be given to me in person in the US. Am I right?

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Old 07-16-2006, 12:02 AM
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Old 07-17-2006, 11:11 PM
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I haven't been sued yet, I hope I'm not. I am at risk though, I own bandoftheweek.com, and the winner sends me the songs, with THEIR permission, and I upload it to the site (all they can do is hear it, not download it). Anyways, anyone could pretend like they're a band member, and if they win, and the band finds out, I could get in trouble. :|:|
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Old 07-18-2006, 01:56 PM
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I have not been sued before, but threatened over how the link was not displayed right, it was a 14 year old to. So I just ignored him.
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Old 07-19-2006, 06:32 PM
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I was close to being sued.. ONCE... i got so freaking scared i didnt know what to do.. but then the guy who was gonna sue me left me alone.. idk what happened
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Old 07-23-2006, 09:36 PM
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yes, for being too handsome :P
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Old 07-23-2006, 10:14 PM
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I get alot of threats...
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Common issues for Internet webmasters include:

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Old 08-01-2006, 04:25 PM
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Not yet - nor do I hope to be.
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Old 08-01-2006, 04:27 PM
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Not yet, but I have started to work in possibilities of such things in my "long term business continuity plan".
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Old 08-03-2006, 09:19 PM
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Got a ceast and desist once but have never been sued.
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Old 08-03-2006, 09:32 PM
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I was sued for selling ebooks I'd bought with "Resell Rights" - that was when I was like 13 tho, so my parents had to pay $500 - a little more wiser now.
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