PostsThe Bing Business Portal - at last!! 26th April 2011 8:20 AM “Has your snail mail verification arrived, and if so how long did it take?? I registered about 2 weeks ago and nothing as yet....” Nope not yet, but the Google snail mail one takes a couple of weeks as well, so will wait and see! Copyright? 25th April 2011 6:55 PM You dont pay for copyright, you pay for trademark protection. You get copyright protection automatically as the author of the work. There are private copyright registers, but it's not official. Personally if you want to protect a logo, then trademark it. Copyright stuff: Intellectual Property Office - Copyright registers Trademark Stuff Intellectual Property Office - Trade marks It can be hard to enforce, and we had an issue of someone copying our protected logo's. A lot of it is down to where the offence took place, and what law they abide by, versus the hassle/legal expense of chasing it up. In theory you can send a takedown request to an ISP, but a lot will want to see an written legal instruction before they act, or at least that's what I've found. Bribery Act 2010 25th April 2011 6:48 PM Ahh Comrade Kip is in the house  Your wrong about Fords though, its RangeRover Sports on HP, and Executive Barrrats homes on interest only mortgage, with his and her shell suits  What's wrong with Eastenders? Cameron looking to small business to help rebuild UK economy 24th April 2011 9:30 PM “I think one of the hardest/most difficult issues is maternity/pregancy. I am not sure how this can be easily unravelled to allow small business to avoid all the bad ramifications but it is such a big problem.” Agreed, but easy fix, just employ people 45+ Uncannily, the older people always seem to interview the best, (just to keep on the right side of the employment law) What is Gray Hat SEO? 22nd April 2011 10:42 AM “So what exactly is Gray Hat SEO?” So, are you yet another copy and paste poster, ripping off other peoples quotes, or are you the original owner? Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics How To Be A Gray Hat - your post is an exact quote from that site originating from 03 June 2007.... New Cookie rules coming into force on 25th May 22nd April 2011 10:01 AM “Also I am sure the DMA will work out something and post some solutions ”If you spot anything, maybe post back here. Can't see this being any more enforceable than having contact info websites and emails. New Cookie rules coming into force on 25th May 22nd April 2011 9:23 AM hmmm, only just picked up on this. "From 25 May, European laws dictate that "explicit consent" must be gathered from web users who are being tracked via text files called "cookies". These files are widely used to help users navigate faster around sites they visit regularly. Businesses are being urged to sort out how they get consent so they can keep on using cookies." BBC News - New net rules set to make cookies crumble If it stops James Caan adverts from stalking me online, it can't be a bad thing, but looks like those of us who use cookies need to do some research. Anyone else already looking at this? Cameron looking to small business to help rebuild UK economy 21st April 2011 4:58 PM “we have an opening but only half way there if you know what I mean. With a scheme in place I could jump in and employ someone.” We're in a similar place. We think we will need potentially 3 peeps for a new project, and having been trialling temps to see if its viable. Work is pretty basic, so no formal qualifications needed, but using lower skilled youngsters leads to its own management probs, attitude, work ethic... We also found the core hours of productivity tend to be between 10.00 and 15.00, so now thinking along the lines of back to work mums, and the hours make it childcare friendly, or older people, where you get common sense and wisdom thrown in! But I would take on youngsters if there was a scheme in place. Link Wheels - Explained 21st April 2011 2:00 PM “I keep seeing you post the same think (which is nothing at all really) are you just trying to get your posts up?” he has been terminated, little spamming scum bag Cameron looking to small business to help rebuild UK economy 21st April 2011 1:59 PM “Just a thought, there are so many younger people out of work, they receive some money whilst unemployed. Perhaps a better scheme to get them to work would be to subsidize their employment in small businesses. I know, they could be exploited as cheap labour and so on but that just means that it should be overseen..” superb idea! Putting some in a structured workplace environment may actually be the kick start they need. A grant to offset the obvious man management burden for the small biz owner, and everyones a winner. As long as they don't start reproducing and you end up with maternity and paternity red tape  |