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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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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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