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007: Dumb Starbucks, Bulletproof Proofing and Not-a-Lawyer Matt Answers Questions

February 11, 2014


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)

Send questions, comments, suggestions or love to podcast@owningyourown.com



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.  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.  Keeps the FTC off their back (25:10)
  • How does this apply to social media content?  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


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