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Basically, this is how I look at it. Increased revenue for writing my opinion on the Internet: Definitely $0 Increased risk of losing everything to the Americ

Basically, this is how I look at it. Increased revenue for writing my opinion on the Internet: Definitely $0 Increased risk of losing everything to the American legal system: non-zero Hence, I hesitate.

fweespeech 11y ago
You could try being a Yelp for CAs. The exemption for letting other people write their opinions on the internet is pretty ironclad [as long as you honor DMCA notices].
- sarciszewski 11y ago
  That would be a clever workaround. I'll consider that. :)
  - fweespeech 11y ago
    Good luck :) Just be careful and look through the lawsuits Yelp got hit with so you don't get accused of extortion. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/02/yelp-extortion-case-dismissed_n_843954.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/02/yelp-extortion-case... At least to me, it seems the simplest solution is to only sell advertising via a 3rd party bidding system where you aren't involved in the sales process and don't initiate contact. [i.e. Moderation of ads is handled by the 3rd party, not you ]
ars 11y ago
> Increased risk of losing everything to the American legal system: non-zero Nah. The worst that will happen is you'll get a letter from a lawyer demanding you take it down. It will be a completely fake letter, with zero basis in law, but if you are worried you can take it down at that point at no monetary cost to you. Make yourself easily contractible to encourage early contact. You can also make a way for them to submit a rebuttal that you'll post, that works too.
jonchang 11y ago
A lot of states have anti-SLAPP laws that make it much harder for big companies to throw their weight around to legally intimidate legitimate critics, so it might not be as bad as you think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...

fweespeech 11y ago

You could try being a Yelp for CAs. The exemption for letting other people write their opinions on the internet is pretty ironclad [as long as you honor DMCA notices].

sarciszewski 11y ago
That would be a clever workaround. I'll consider that. :)
- fweespeech 11y ago
  Good luck :) Just be careful and look through the lawsuits Yelp got hit with so you don't get accused of extortion. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/02/yelp-extortion-case-dismissed_n_843954.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/02/yelp-extortion-case... At least to me, it seems the simplest solution is to only sell advertising via a 3rd party bidding system where you aren't involved in the sales process and don't initiate contact. [i.e. Moderation of ads is handled by the 3rd party, not you ]

ars 11y ago

> Increased risk of losing everything to the American legal system: non-zero Nah. The worst that will happen is you'll get a letter from a lawyer demanding you take it down. It will be a completely fake letter, with zero basis in law, but if you are worried you can take it down at that point at no monetary cost to you. Make yourself easily contractible to encourage early contact. You can also make a way for them to submit a rebuttal that you'll post, that works too.

jonchang 11y ago

A lot of states have anti-SLAPP laws that make it much harder for big companies to throw their weight around to legally intimidate legitimate critics, so it might not be as bad as you think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...