Archive for the ‘Law Ethics’ Category

Is it against the law for organizations receiving tuition payments (like a college) to suggest a candidate?



A mass email went out to all of the faculty of a school to ask that we consider a certain candidate. Something about this reeks of impropriety.

Is there any legal recourse for online fraud?



I have been a member of Poetbay.com, a poetry site, for more than a year. Recently I was sent notice that my membership fee was due for another year. I paid the fee. Now less than a month later the site has shut down without notice. I know many others who also have paid their fees some within the last few days only to have the site close. Many have tried emailing the owner of the site without any success of getting a reply. What, if any, are my options legally?

Laws on Online Harrasement for New York State



ok, so this guy was on myspace and wanted me to add him so i did. whatever i thot. and then he like started emailing me and instant messaging me. and so i told him to get lost and called him a b*stard for contacting me. then i got on later and he asked who are you? and trying to be smart i said your mom and then he got on today and said that he called the police and they got my ip address. he said that i threatned him and im like no i didnt. then hes like well you were harrassing me by calling me names. so i was like whatever i dont believe you and hees like you will believe me when the state troopers show up at your door. so now im kinda scared and want to know if i did something illegal.

emailing

If an enemy of your’s on YA sent a mass email about you spreading ugly rumors about you would the person who?



did that get reported? I think I have an enemy on YA that will do this to me…

I had a terrible DJ for my June 14th Wedding and have the video of how terrible the ceremony and reception?



I would like to post the video on MySpace, YouTube, and send a mass email out to my business friends, personal friends, and family asking them to forward the video email to anyone they know getting married warning them not to use this DJ service. Everything on the video speaks for itself. Can I be slapped with a defamation lawsuit?

How come yahoo sponsors fraud over the internet? Crooks from London are emailing these news to thousands:



Yahoo’s legal should ask for help from Interpol.

Dear: Tomas Kenedi,
Congratulations from all the staff here in the British lottery department,you have been granted clarification as a winner of the BRITISH LOTTERY.
For the avoidance of doubt,:

Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:31-6-26-13-35-7 , which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. All participants (email addresses) for the online version of the national lottery,were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations,address database and corporate bodies that are listed online.

I hereby inform you that we have received the required information,and the services of a Certified Notary Public has been engaged to handle the Notarisation of your Papers/document.

How do you deal with blatant plagiarism on the web?



I designed a few pictures for my job and was just sent a mass email about look at this website.

And low and behold there were my pictures throughout the materials.

I work for an orchestra and it was another orchestra in a different state that used them.

Should I
call and make them take it down?
request credit for them on their website?
request payment for the orchestra for the use of our work?
or
let it go?