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Workloads on Flux Cloud, who is accountable / responsible for any kind of content hosted on the platform?
I recently stumbled across the https://runonflux.io platform which promises to host decentralized web applications by distributing the workload among many individual locations / distributed nodes.
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Digidyne v. Data General: how does this not legally protect Apple macOS running on non-Apple branded hardware?
I was just reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General_RDOS#Antitrust_lawsuit which discusses Digidyne v. Data General:
When Data General introduced the Data General Nova, a company called ...
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Does YouTube legally need proactive takedown?
YouTube needs to figure out what to do about people posting copyright material. The actual solution they arrived at, after some negotiation with the media companies, includes programs that scan ...
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Would company A be legally liable if a hack is developed by a third party to run company B's software on A's hardware?
So let's assume there are 2 console companies: Company A and company B.
Let's say that company A creates the gamesystem X and company B creates the playingmachine 5.
Both companies have proprietary ...
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How does the Supreme Court ruling in *Fourth Estate* not undermine the DMCA's notice-and-takedown process?
The Supreme Court recently ruled in Fourth Estate v. Wall-Street.com that copyright registration occurs (and thus an infringement action can be brought) only after the Copyright Office takes action ...
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What is the legal significance of stating that one does not own or claim rights in an uploaded youtube video?
I mean often you see uploaded videos containing content presumably copyrighted by 3rd party with the uploader stating:
"I don't own any rights in this video"
What effect does stating such have? Is ...
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Is it legal for a website to require registration in order to submit a DMCA?
This is about one of the big file sharing websites that currently has 30+ links to my original content. I sent them an official DMCA, they replied to make a registration on their website and use their ...
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Can I file a DMCA takedown notice for a derivative book I made without authorization of the author which was published on the internet by my students?
I made a summary book of a larger book and I provided it to my students six years ago. This derivative book has my name on it and was made without authorization of the editorial of the original book. ...
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DMCA and First Amendment: When can a commentator be compelled to reveal their method of content acquisition?
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This topic is cousin to the latitude afforded journalists to protect their sources. However, this question primarily pertains to enforcement of the DMCA.
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“User”: the entity that ...
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What must an ISP do to be protected under the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
Under statute 512 of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCCA) in section (c)(1)(A)(iii) it stipulates that an ISP
upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts
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Does reviewing material added by users revoke my DMCA safe harbor?
I run a site that has pages for famous people, brands, movies, etc. Each page has a "profile picture" that is added by a user (if no user has submitted a picture yet, a default image is used).
When a ...
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Are pictures that don't have model releases protected under the DMCA?
Let's say a user of my website posted a picture. I know that as long as my website and the picture satisfies the conditions of the DMCA, I have a safe harbor against copyright claims by the individual ...
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