domain names, the use of meta-tages, cybersquatting, deep linking, and issues related to copyright or trademark violations, COPPA (the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) and the WAI (the Web Accessibility Initiative). ‘‘Although many Internet related legal issues involve many of the same issues covered under Intellectual Property rights, an additional understanding of legal problems specific to the Internet can be important to your case,’’ advises the oncallgeeks.com training tutorial on running an Internet business (oncallgeeks.com, 2007). It is likely that any Internet business would encounter these unusual legal challenges and require help from a specialized attorney. In this way, then, this sample is no different than many other samples containing Internet initiatives.
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