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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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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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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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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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Dutch Portrait rights for persona
I'm no lawyer, so the following is to the best of my understanding.
In Dutch copyright law there's the notion of portrait rights. This law specifies certain restrictions for the author of a photo/...
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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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Is it illegal if someone posts a photo of me that was taken by their front doorbell without me knowing?
I was given an address from someone who owes me money. I went to the address and rung the door bell, a lady answered the door. I asked if Tom was there, she replied no and no Tom lives here.
I ...
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GitHub - Can I legally commit proprietary source code in a private repository?
I maintain an open-source application project, which I committed in a public GitHub repository. The source code I wrote is open-source (under MIT license) and owned by me, however it depends on a ...
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Creative commons for erotic purpose
I am a young writer and I need free photos of girls's body ( so with faces covered ) for the cover of my erotic book similar to 50 shades of grey.
Can I use the photos of flickr under this licence ...
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Can I download pictures from Pinterest and send them to a client as an example of work?
I am a wedding florist, and clients want to see lots of different pictures to help them choose their arrangements. There are lots of pictures people have posted online, such as on pinterest.
Can I ...
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GDPR vs. Copyright for a recommendation letter
Spurred by a discussion on academia.se: suppose prof. X writes a letter of recommendation for her student mr. Y, and sends it to university Z through an on-line system. Then, the student mr. Y writes ...
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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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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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Are privacy policies and terms of service copyrighted?
Can I just copy a site's privacy policy and terms of service and do a global search & replace for the name? They all pretty much say the same thing anyways.
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May I publish hearing documents in a book and on the web?
I have been involved, pro se, in a special education impartial hearing on behalf of my son. I would like to publish some parts of the hearing documents in articles on the web and in a book. Is that ...
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