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Resume Writer asks: Who owns the copyright - me or my client?
I'm a professional resume writer (among other things). Clients regularly pay me to completely overhaul their resumes. Over the years I've amassed a large collection of well-written resumes. I would ...
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Other use of profile photos: legality fair-use and permissions
I'm building an app that works across mobile devices and browsers. There is a chat component and I will be showing the profile photos that I find on the user's phone book (not from the image folders). ...
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Why are there so many YouTube to MP4 and MP3 download websites online when it is illegal?
If it is illegal to download videos and audios from YouTube due to copyright reasons, why are there so many YouTube to MP4 and MP3 download websites online?
For example, https://freevideotomp3.com/, ...
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Is it legal to publish email that someone sent to me?
I'm not asking whether it is ethical - that would be a totally different question.
I'm asking whether it is legal?
In my book - in my way how I interpret consensual reality - once I press SEND ...
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Is it legal to sell emails?
Recently a client offered to buy the emails I had received prior to a specific date: not just addresses, but the actual messages.
The client did not specifically ask for private or business ...
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How do I convince google to take down this page which contains people's leaked e-mails and passwords?
Out of curiousity, I googled my own e-mail to see what kind of results would show up. To my surprise, I found a website (blogger) that contained people's e-mails and leaked passwords for a service. ...
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Is it legal to post a photograph that I captured of a stranger in the street?
I captured a photograph in the street.
The photograph includes people who I don't know.
There is nothing in the photograph that I believe can offend anybody (e.g. no nude or illegal act).
I just ...
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What are the possible copyright and other legal issues faced by an individual in the US running a Mastodon server?
What are the possible copyright and other legal issues faced by an individual in the US running a Mastodon server?
The social network Mastodon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network) ...
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Should I take permission from the game owner to provide a guide of the game
I am planning to publish a guide to play a game which is available for mobile platform like, iPhone, android...etc. It is a very popular game, like many millions play this game.
To publish the game ...
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Can the recipient of a digital message legally publish the message?
It's pretty commonplace these days for people to take screenshots of text messages (or messages on other platforms) and post them online for the general public to see - be it on Twitter, Facebook, ...
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Processing screenshots of people's browser windows on a web server
Suppose that a software developer (April) living in the UK,has created a simple browser plug-in that takes screenshots of a user's browser windows and allows the user to enhance and "prettify&...
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Can the IEEE legally take a picture of an author anywhere, at any time, and use it in an ad?
I read in some IEEE copyright and consent form for a conference the following section:
In connection with the permission granted in Section 1, the author hereby grants IEEE the unlimited, worldwide,...
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Is it legal to copy a website's terms of use?
I was wondering if it's legal to copy a website's "Terms of Use" policy, and then use it on your own website?
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Media consent form for summer camp
We have a media consent form that parents have signed for the campers at our summer camp. The wording is as follows:
The Participant identified below desires to participate in the [insert summer ...
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Can we copyright a product without revealing our identity?
What I want to ask is if we can have product copyrighted without the public knowing our identity (only the government would know) or we can be traced back by our copyrighted product? Example like does ...
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