Karen’s Opinion

Say what??

My husband is taking his mother to meet with a lawyer to look over her will. She thought that since her son, my husband’s brother, passed away, she might need to re-write her will. My husband and I looked over the will and pretty much understand what it says until it comes to the part that says per stirpes. I guess that is why we pay a lawyer to explain things to us.

Law and computers. Do we ever feel like we know as much as we need to know?

There are at least 4 foreclosures listed in our newspaper each day. That means that there are people who are losing their home. The downward spiral of the economy has meant that people have lost their incomes and have been unable to meet their responsibilities. These are not people who frivilously entered into a contract. These are people who work hard but had the rug pulled out from under them. These people need someone they can turn to in their time of crisis.

Foreclosure is not always the course of action one has to take when finding ones self behind in home loan payments. A loan modification attorney is experienced in how to reduce home mortgage payments and prevent foreclosure by the lien holder. The team of professionals at the American Residential Law Group are interested in helping their clients achieve the best coarse of action to fit their individual need. They have provided consumers legal assistance for over 12 years. If you find yourself in this situation, let them guide you.

This post is a sponsored post of which I may have received compensation. All views expressed are my own and are as a result of reviewing the ARL website.

I recently received a letter from my bank that has me questioning the laws concerning online gambling. This was a randomly generated letter that stated no funds were to be withdrawn from accounts when paying online gambling sites. I am not sure what they are talking about. If online gambling is legal, how can a bank tell a patron how to spend their own money?

I have been researching the laws concerning online gambling and am confused. Some sites, such as Poker NationsX have information about various laws concerning online gambling. I will be doing more research to find out where they find their information. If anyone has any information on this, I would appreciate any links. How does one research actual US law?

I know this will probably open my blog up to a bunch of spam but I can hope it doesn’t.

Have you ever gone to YouTube to look at funny, strange and interesting videos? Did you know that Google, the company that owns YouTube, has a record of every transaction you ever made. It is not illegal to look at videos. It is not illegal to upload your own videos to YouTube. It is illegal to download videos from YouTube that have a copyright. Ruh roh. Will law enforcement agencies be knocking at your door? If you have ever downloaded copyrighted videos for your own use, you broke the law in the US.

What brought about the suit Viacom vs Google? Viacom charges Google, which bought YouTube in 2006, acts as a willing accomplice to Internet users who put clips of Viacom’s copyrighted television programs on the popular video-sharing website. Viacom, a giant in the entertainment industry, sued for rights to obtain user information in order to identify YouTube users who are committing copyright infringement. They say that users who upload their own videos are small in numbers compared to those who use YouTube to download copyrighted material.

This is just one more way our privacy is being invaded.