Category Archives: Legal

When In Doubt, Talk to a Professional

Last week, when we did our post discussing the IRS rulings for contracted workers vs. employees there were a lot of questions and comments and ideas and thoughts and “what ifs”.  My response to all of this: talk to your tax accountant. Don’t have one?  Hire a good CPA with great references.  (If you need...

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Employee or a Self-Employed Contractor?

You know that person that comes in to help you a few hours a week?  That person that’s “not really an employee” but someone you’ve hired as “a contractor”?  Well… think again.  The IRS may not agree with you.  That person may, in fact, be an employee. What’s the big difference? Well… for starters… how...

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Using Music On Your Wedding Business Website

To use music, or not to use music?  That is the first question.  The second question is: how to use it legally? To use music or not to use music? I’m of the opinion that you should NOT have music on your website – UNLESS you are a musician.  I also think that in very...

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If You’ve Been Plagiarized

This week we are discussing the ugly fact that there is theft in our industry.  Wedding professionals are stealing intellectual property from one another.  Intellectual property is the expression of original ideas.  Today, we’ll address what to do if you’ve been plagiarized against. According to plagiarism.org, all of the following are considered plagiarism: turning in...

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How to Avoid and Detect Plagiarism

Yesterday, I brought up the ugly fact that there is a lot of theft in the wedding industry these days.  Images, design, and writing are being stolen.  SAD!  It’s really upsetting when you think about it.  I mean, here we are… an incredibly creative industry full of brilliant artists… we collaborate, we share, we learn...

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