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Is it against the DMCA to use the recent implementation of the Windows XP's product activation algorithm if one has an XP licence?
The Windows XP's product activation encryption algorithm has recently been "cracked", and a software implementation that emulates the telephone activation question / response procedure is ...
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What are the legal restrictions on extracting audio from a virtual instrument plugin?
This question was inspired by https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113826/is-there-a-way-to-decode-triton-m1-vst-pcm-samples
Suppose a user purchases a license for virtual instrument plugin to ...
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What exactly is DRM circumvention, as opposed to legitimate use?
DRM only makes media useless if it cannot be decrypted. What makes it legal for my commercially made DVD player to decrypt a disc, but not for libdvdcss to do it? DVDs don't have labels saying that ...
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Does the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act confer a right to unlock a phone one owns, or merely limit the scope of the DMCA?
Smart phones come in two different kinds: locked, and unlocked. A locked phone has been modified from its original design, in its software, hardware, or firmware, to only accept cell service from a ...
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Can I request my comment be deleted from a forum if I made that post when I was 12?
Basically what the title says. I'm very ignorant when it comes to these sorts of laws and rules so please be kind. I made a post on an “audition forum” when I was 12 years old. The post included my ...
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DMCA Takedown: How to respond to counter-notice & Defendant disclosed my info and about DMCA takedown request on online community, is it legal?
Is it legal to publicly disclose the information of received DMCA takedown request including user information of requester?
Currently, I have filed a DMCA takedown request to a company for infringing ...
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Is there a legal obligation for a webhost to attain the identity of a DMCA takedown's issuer?
There has been a rash of false DMCA take-downs affecting artists on Twitter, in conjunction with emails from the attacker offering to stop issuing the take-downs if given a ransom payment in bitcoin.
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Can I host copyrighted content until I get a DMCA notice?
The content is subtitles in my case. Can I host it until I get a DMCA notice? Or can I not even host it?
Can copyright holders cause trouble without first filing a DMCA notice?
Most creators wouldn't ...
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DMCA for postal services?
Does DMCA apply for postal companies from delivering copyright infringed material?
If yes there seems to be no form to file one in case I get information of someone doing so.
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Is youtube-dl takedown due to their tests which use copyrighted content?
The DMCA takedown notice posted on GitHub's youtube-dl page seems to be primarily based on the fact that youtube-dl is expressly advertised as a tool to "circumvent the technological protection ...
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Are there consequences for not filing a DMCA (any country)
Awhile ago, I linked someone to a fansite of people who read his indie fiction and he cursed me out because there were illegal copies to his work on it. He told me that he was legally bound to file ...
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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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Is there any "enforceable" protection for the uploader from fake DMCA takedown requests?
I know that a request must be "under penalty of perjury". But that doesn't protect against fake information. Anyone, and especially parties outside US jurisdiction, (and even more so in countries ...
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Why don't companies supply all of the needed information about their DMCA designated agents?
I wrote "why" for lack of a better short way of saying: I'm assuming these large companies won't take a chance of being sued for this, and furthermore assume that they know the law requires it, so ...
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Does DMCA cover apps?
I'm planning on selling an app where users will be able to upload content, and other users will be able to see it. The content will not be available on a website. The content will be stored on my web ...
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