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If I'm making website for friend for free, should I have him sign something saying he will only provide me with material he owns to put on website?
I would like to help my friend build a website for free. The only concern is have is, if he provides me with copyrighted material that I add to the website, would I be liable? What kind of contract ...
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Can anything go into a website's TOS just like a normal contract?
To my understanding a website's terms of service is just like a regular contract. You agree to it by click "I agree" or simply by using the website. So hypothetically could a website scam people by ...
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Mistakenly agreed with a scammer’s term of use
Say, someone was scammed by a false online bitcoin mining service. He invested some money to buy the scammer’s service, the service was said to produce bitcoins online at a very fast speed without any ...
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Can Cloudflare override ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement through a user agreement?
I moved a domain name over Cloudflare's registrar recently, and when inquiring whether I could change the nameservers to point to a third-party host, I was pointed towards a specific part of their ...
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Unsolicited ideas clause in terms of service in the context of corporate email contact links?
Most term of service contracts have a unsolicited ideas clause that contains language like:
suggestions or ideas relating to enhancements, new or improved products, technologies
etc.
If the ...
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Can I sell origin accounts with games on eBay?
I wanted to ask if I can sell Origin accounts on eBay... is it illegal if I sell them? I have 1 account that I don’t use and it has the sims 4 with almost all the packs and I was thinking to sell it ...
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Is a monthly Patreon donation\subscription, a contractual obligation to pay someone?
Let's say I have a prepaid card with a balance of 0$ and I am subscribed to a Patreon user for the recurring monthly donation of $50. Let's say I remain subscribed to the Patreon user for 10 months, ...
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What is the legal structure of online "TOS"?
TOS, also known as "terms of service" or "terms of use", is an agreement entered into by a user, usually before the user is allowed to use the company's product but is it an agreement(contract), or ...
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Charging someone with theft of virtual currency
I've done some reading about gruesome tales of folks spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on video game currencies only to have their accounts irreversibly stolen or lost due to a bad in game ...
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Revoking my right to defend my Intellectual Property by using Let's Encrypt
Agreement: https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.1.1-August-1-2016.pdf
Section of interest:
BY WAY OF FURTHER EXPLANATION REGARDING THE SCOPE OF THE DISCLAIMER,
AND WITHOUT WAIVING OR ...
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Do Net Neutrality's "Reasonable network management" and "No paid prioritization" allow for tiered services?
In CA's recently passed SB822, "Paid Prioritization" is not allowed, but "Reasonable Network Management" is allowed.
MUST NOT
“Paid prioritization” means the management of an Internet service
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Does Mojang break the law with restrictions in their EULA for Minecraft?
Minecraft is a world building game that is produced/sold by Mojang AB. Minecraft may be played both offline (local data) or online (connecting to a server).
Minecraft's EULA says that you may not ...
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Resolving issues with overdue payments for freelance work [closed]
A freelance client of mine is months behind in their payments and is requiring digital account access prior to paying. What are my rights?
The client doesn't read or respond to emails or phone calls.
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How to properly deal with a cable company which regularily does not provide the bandwidth that is being payed for?
We are having a contract with a cable company managing our internet and phone connections. We very regularily (even at on the dot schedules) do not have any internet or telephone network connection in ...
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Can a business itself that rent digital content from other content provider stream the content freely
My question is if a business (its staff) that purchased TVOD (pay-per-view) streaming content can freely stream the content for themselves usually? Is there a norm or does that strictly depend on the ...
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