NOTE FROM KIM:

Following a $53 million judgment against them,
MP3.com has filed its own legal malpractice
lawsuit, alleging that shoddy legal advice from
its former outside counsel, Cooley Godward, is to
blame for its legal woes.

The Top 9 Signs Your
Dot-Com Needs a New Lawyer

9> Your business model consists of giving away other people’s property to freeloaders–and you’re not the Democratic Party.

8> “If the song is stored, you must download…no, wait, that doesn’t quite work…hold on a minute, your Honor, I’ve almost got it…”

7> Responds to RIAA subpoenas by covering his ears and shouting, “I can’t hear you!”

6> Your web site’s disclaimer is 14 pages long and all you sell are rubberbands.

5> The only asset you have left is a moth-eaten sock puppet.

4> They keep referring to “this Internet-thingy”.

3> Even O.J. wouldn’t use them.

2> “As this Top 5 Law list clearly shows…”

and the Number 1 Sign Your Dot-Com Needs a New Lawyer…

1> He’s willing to work for stock options.

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Credits:

Selected from 45 submissions from 16 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brian E. Foster I, Fairfax, VA — 1
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 2, 7
Larry Mills, Oneonta, NY — 3
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 4
Bruce Kane, Boynton Beach, FL — 5
Rane Pollock, N Richland Hills, TX — 6
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 8
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 9
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator