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Section 184 of the Canadian Criminal Code and Foreign Actors
This is inspired by recent events, but I will not be naming names.
My understanding of section 184 is that people in Canada are allowed to intercept communications by any means provided that they ...
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Is there a specific law protecting undersea cables?
It is in the news that the Yemeni republic are saying the Houthis may target the undersea communication cables that run through the red sea.
Shipping is protected by specific international treaties ...
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How would one go about a DBA on the internet?
AFAIK a DBA (Doing business as) needs to be for the target market, not for the place of the business. If I'm wrong, that's that.
If I'm correct, then how would one who is selling over the internet to (...
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Are Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search engines allowed to copy website text because of the copyright fair use exception? [duplicate]
These sites certainly send bots out that copy the entirety of websites by stepping through links and then store the entirety of websites in databases.
Then they show any part of a quote from a website ...
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Ensuring Worldwide Legal Compliance for an App
When selling an app, developers need to meet the legal requirements of each country in which they sell the app.
In practice, this seems like an impossible task because there are so many different ...
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If a crime happens between two parties in different countries over the internet, what laws apply? [duplicate]
Lets say, for the sake of example, it's a severe crime (punishable by jail time) in the United States to say that someone stinks.
Person A is from Brazil where no such law exists
Person B is from the ...
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On the Term "Commercial Use" and the Usage of an Apparently Free Font
I am in the process of finishing up a book which I anticipate will be published in the United States.
For the book's cover, I would like to make use of a font that is freely downloadable; and, as far ...
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International sexting and suicide threaths
Im here asking for someone very dear to me whose been struggling with something similar. So let's take this as a hypothethical question.
Let's assume a girl (18 from Slovakia) and a boy (17 from ...
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Do I need to present a GDPR banner to IP addresses outside of GDPR regions?
The context of my question comes from this comment:
The problem with solving GDPR compliance with country codes is, it is not in general sufficient to determine if a user is covered by the GDPR. The ...
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Does the federal government of USA have any powers over functioning of ICANN
Since the very inception of the internet, as we know it today, USA had a pivotal role to play including in the management of DNS (Domain Name System). However internet evolved to be more free.
However,...
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How a country can fine an Internet company from another country?
Recently France fined Google. Google intends to comply. Why? How a country can fine an Internet company from another country? I understand that Google's business is mostly ads. As long as France is ...
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Is it illegal to give advice to a 17 year old girl who wants to pursue a 50 year old man once she turns 18?
I met a girl on an internet forum who expressed how she at 17 years old liked an older man (a 50 year old). As I am someone who had a similar experience (but I was an 18 year old woman, so legal) she ...
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Are online stores supposed to state the true "order cost"/value of an order on the package/envelope for the customs?
I bought an electronic device for about £200 (GBP) from a UK online store to a nearby country where I live. When the package finally arrived, a few weeks later, it stated "£20" for the value ...
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Is it legal for an 18 year old moroccan man to sext a 17 year old vietnamese girl?
Say a hypothetical 18 year old man from morocco has been texting a vietnamese girl online, and they mostly just talk about hobbies and common interests but she started sexualizing the conversation, ...
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Conflicting different country laws when browsing the Internet, as you connect to servers worldwide [duplicate]
When a user browses the Internet, downloads or views content and websites, which law are they under, the law from its own country, from where they are browsing the Internet, or the law from the ...