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007: Dumb Starbucks, Bulletproof Proofing and Not-a-Lawyer Matt Answers Questions
Episode 007 features the first OYO appearance of Not-A-Lawyer Matt and features:
- The Beginning of Time – The History of Bitcoin Website
- The Finger – Dumb Starbucks
- The Toolbox – BulletproofOnline.com
- Not Legal Advice with Not-A-Lawyer Matt – Age Gating, James Dean Estate Sues Twitter and Dumb Starbucks
- Outro Song (Alan) – 1976 by RJD2 (2004)
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Episode 007 Nugs of Knowledge
- 007 means obligatory Bond references (0:40)
- 1000 shows of OYO = Y2K (1:28)
- Bitcoin started trading around $200 and peaked around $1000 (6:26)
- People who mined Bitcoin years ago have found hard drives and computers with valid coin worth tons of money (6:55)
- Crypto-currency is here to stay––it’s history unfolding before our eyes (7:15)
- Bitcoin does not have any centralization (8:04)
- Dumb Starbucks ripped off everything from a real Starbucks: cup sizes, coffees, branding, colors, logos and everything (11:40)
- Weird Al is a master of parody (13:00)
- Parodical is an awesome word (13:20)
- Let us know if you go to Dumb Starbucks by sending a message or using #OYOShow (15:33)
- BulletproofOnline.com is an excellent proofing agency to make sure your writing is perfect down to the period (17:00)
- They will even suggest ways to improve writing and structure (18:05)
- Not-a-Lawyer Matt is a law student and Andrew’s brother who will join the show occasionally to provide insights on legal topics. Â He will never provide legal advice (21:21)
- Matt loves web, business, tech and all of the ways they impact the legal environment (22:58)
- It is not the law to have an age question on alcohol sites! (24:00)
- Why would they do this? To appear as if they are making a concerted effort to be safe and in compliance. Â Keeps the FTC off their back (25:10)
- How does this apply to social media content? Â Is Coors responsible for young people interacting with their content? (26:00)
- Facebook has its own policies to self-regulate (26:36)
- There is a “70 percent target” that considers the majority of people viewing an ad to sure most are over 21 (27:20)
- Tobacco and firearms are different; cigarette ads are not on TV; more regulation (28:00)
- Tobacco was less proactive in general than the alcohol industry (28:40)
- Hard to be underage anywhere and get a gun (29:20)
- Firearm usage by minors is not illegal (29:30)
- There are pink guns! (29:40)
- @JameDean Twitter account is owned by not James Dean, the people that own his rights are suing Twitter to take it down (32:00)
- James Dean could not be tweeting right now (he is dead), so there is not a strong case against taking the account down (36:00)
- This is not causing confusion for the general public (36:46)
- Dumb Starbucks is basically screwed and it’s a matter of time until they are shut down (38:00)
- What is the process of getting sued by Starbucks? (39:50)
- Dumb Starbucks will get screwed most likely have to pay Starbucks lots of money (42:18)
- Hit Matt up at @MattGermer on Twitter and submit legal topics and article your find! (42:40)
- RJD2 is gets mad respect, and the outro song is the ringtone Matt has for Andrew
007: Dumb Starbucks, Bulletproof Proofing and Not-a-Lawyer Matt Answers Questions was first posted on February 11, 2014 at 4:20 am.
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