August 11th, 2009 at 06:40pm
Under copyright protection
When or if, you want to become a Yoga teacher – would you be thinking of litigation and Yoga? The old saying, “the truth hurts,” applies to legality, ethics, and teaching Yoga. You can always “bury your head in the sand” and hope that you are never involved in a legal battle. After all, what kind of a student would sue his or her Yoga teacher? Doctors must ask each other this question every day. Sorry, but denial will not help you in a court of law.
Instead of denying the obvious, you can take action, by learning how the law applies to your Yoga business. You can also start creating policies that protect your students, and insure that you are giving quality Yoga instruction for the rest of your life.
It has been said that “Knowledge is Power,” and this could never be more true than when it comes down to knowing the “Letter of the Law.” Just like when a Yoga student first learns to develop his or her awareness from Yoga and meditation practice – Yoga teachers must develop an awareness of legality, as it pertains to their Yoga businesses.
For the average Yoga teacher, the thought of litigation, as a result of a student entering his or her Yoga class, is depressing. Many Yoga teachers and interns pursue the rewarding career of teaching Yoga as “Good Samaritans.” Yoga teachers are very often generous with their time, effort, and services.
It is “heartbreaking” for me to tell “giving people,” with the best of intentions, that they can be sued at any time. In this climate of litigation, anyone, even a Yoga teacher, can have a lawsuit filed against them. Defending yourself, in a court of law, can and does, create physical, spiritual, mental, and financial exhaustion.
As a result of this reality, this requires protective action on the part of all Yoga teachers. Look at this as a prevention program and a compliment to your current liability insurance policy. “I didn’t know,” will not save any of us from the wrath of the law.
Review your liability insurance and your release forms. Most Yoga teachers should have their attorney review their release forms. The days of a simple one page waiver form are over. A documented health questionnaire may help you to prevent a sudden legal catastrophe. This is not required, but serves as a tangible document to know each Yoga student a little better.
Just remember that a potential Yoga student has the legal right to refuse to fill out a questionnaire, if they so desire. This does leave you “flying blind,” when teaching Yoga classes to students whose current health condition is a mystery.
Therefore, always mention contraindications for asanas. It would be prudent to have an information packet, with contraindications, and prenatal warnings included. You could also include a slip for Yoga students to sign, which indicates that they have read, and understand, that Yoga can be a risk for some health conditions.
Lastly, it is better to lose a potential Yoga student, than to teach one at the risk of his or her health.
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By Copyright Law
August 6th, 2009 at 12:40pm
Under copyright protection
It is simply not possible to prevent someone from copying your website images. If someone is skilled and determined there’s no way to stop them from abusing your website and your content. But there’s still light in the end of the tunnel. You can use some semi-sophisticated techniques to limit the amount of people that can copy your website’s images. Keep reading.
The first method I recommend is called digital image watermarking. A watermark can be visible or can be invisibly embedded into the pixels of an image. There are companies like Digimarc offering digital watermarking services and providing a digital identity for any media object, thus protecting it from stealing. But these systems are not fool proof, they have serious weaknesses and they are costly.
Another method would be to hide your original image behind a transparent GIF using CSS style sheets. If someone right clicks the image and selects to save it, it will only save the transparent GIF, not the original image. Similarly, you can insert the image as a table background. But in both cases a visitor can always make use of the -PrtScrn- button to copy anything from your website.
Embedding the images in Flash files is another popular method. Now, this is a neat method to use, it will make it difficult for a thief to steal your work. You cannot right click and copy the image if it’s embedded in a flash file. But the flash file is already on your hard drive (cache). You can use any flash de-compiler software to easily grab any contents from a flash executable file. And of course you can simply use the -PrtScn- button to take snapshots.You see, the truth is that there’s nothing you can do to prevent a thief from stealing your content.
Fortunately there are services like
Copyscape that monitor your website’s activity and detect potential thieves. You can also have a look at this
copyright protection guide written by a former federal prosecutor and learn about the same legal techniques that the top internet attorneys and big law firms use.
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By Copyright Law
July 19th, 2009 at 10:26am
Under copyright protection
I can’t understand why they spend so much money each year. Every time a new copyright comes out, its hacked within a few hours. DVD copyright protection is easily defeated with DVDFab Platinum. Every time a new copyright protection is out, DVDFab is all over it. Software copyright protection is easily defeated with alcohol 120%. You can even download patches to play the software without a cd/dvd. They serial code is also useless because their are keygens and patches to get around that. Video game copyright is the most successful because in order to play games you have to modify the console with a modchip for the games to play. Most people don’t want to do something to their console that could damage it.
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 19th, 2009 at 04:29am
Under website copyright
I have a business plan written up, and am ready to present it to potential investors, but I want to make sure that I’m completely protected.
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 19th, 2009 at 04:26am
Under trademark law
NO, you have to pay for it to be trade marked. and it only lasts every few years you have to pay again.
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 14th, 2009 at 10:26pm
Under music copyright
Hi, I’ve got a potentially stupid question – I’ve got a song I’d like to protect with copyright but I don’t really understand the extent to which my song would be protected. I live in Ireland, so if I copyrighted the song over here, would that ONLY protect the song in Ireland, or is the song also legally protected abroad, say in the UK/US?
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 12th, 2009 at 10:25am
Under copyright protection
Why protect copyright and when does copyright protection end ?
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 12th, 2009 at 10:23am
Under copyright act
how does it protect us?
how does it protect people at work?
how does it protect people with disabilities?
how does it protect the community?
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 10th, 2009 at 10:25am
Under intellectual property
Over the last year or so, I have written an educational ’self help’ course, based on my experience and training as a counseller. I currently deliver this to groups, arranged by schools, and am finding a high demand. To accompany the course I have written an illustrated booklet. Can anyone with experience in this field offer advice on how to go about protecting my intellectual property rights to this work?
By Copyright Law Enquirer
July 9th, 2009 at 10:25pm
Under intellectual property
Does anyone have any idea of the rough cost of protecting something through intellectual property rights. What I have basically is a manual and a spreadsheet with some complex formulas on.
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