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Hotlinking img as profile picture
I have an img on my website which is used as the profile picture of the user.
It is embedded as <img src="${Hotlink}".
The user can specify an URL and that is used as his profile picture.
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Is it legal to use random images from the Internet in my personal study notes? [duplicate]
It's the images of objects, the images are helping learn new vocabulary. I don't know if they're under copyright. I mean if I get them from some website.
I want to use them only in my personal notes ...
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Web scraping legal question
I am based in Germany and have a question regarding web scraping and how this is legal for existing sites.
Two examples:
google.com they have a search engine and scrape the internet. They do not only ...
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Is it okay to create an application that stores youtube & spotify links with showing the thumbnails of the content related to the links? [closed]
I am creating an app where users can save the links of the contents they like in the app. The app fetches the thumbnail image of the related content and shows them along with the length of the content ...
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When does transmitting something create a copy of it?
If I send a bunch of Internet packets containing the bytes of a copyrighted work to you, privately, is a "copy" of the work being made? And if so, by who?
Say we're talking about a song. ...
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Does the DMCA takedown procedure apply if the original work is not online?
I am referring to this situation: document B is alleged to infringe the copyright of document A.
Document B is hosted online (as I believe is necessary for the DMCA to apply).
Document A, the original ...
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Web scraping of an online dictionary [closed]
1.I made a web scraper of an online dictionary. It scrapes and saves to a text file definitions and examples of sentences of words in a list. I want to make this scraper publicly available on GitHub. ...
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Is a website of embedded youtube videos (including screenshots and written descriptions) copyright infringement? [duplicate]
I'm thinking to create a website to curate a list of top youtube recipe videos...
I would embed the youtube video itself (properly according to youtube's own guidelines).
I would list out the ...
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Took a picture of a bus stop showing a poster of a well known soccer player
Is it OK to post a picture I took of a bus stop I saw displaying a poster of a well known soccer player? Since then, I've seen it in many bus stops throughout the city.
Want to post it on my website. ...
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Can Meta create a Twitter clone?
Meta is about to release an app called Threads that has been labeled by news sources as a Twitter rival or Twitter clone.
I don't know how similar Threads actually is to Twitter, but hypothetically if ...
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Hotlinking online radio streams
I want to create an online radio directory, with the ability to play the radio stations on my website. For sure, I will only add the radio stations which are broadcasting online and are offering an ...
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Is it legal to create a website that freely provides the contents of books which are another company's IP? [closed]
This question is rather specific. I am a fan of the tabletop roleplaying game 'Call of Cthulhu' by Chaosium Inc., but find since it isn't hugely popular that there aren't enough easily accessible ...
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Is it legal to paraphrase a paid Wall Street Journal article in its entirety and publish the paraphrased article for free? [duplicate]
I know that in many countries republishing any web article from another website without consent is considered a form of plagery and copyright enfringement and is therefore illegal.
But I am looking to ...
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What counts as word mark (or trade mark) violation? [closed]
I'm trying to create my own website, and on the landing page, I'm planning to have the words:
Your Content Matters.
Whether it be blog posts, how-tos, buying guides, or more, I’m always here to make ...
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What is the legality of distributing free software that displays another website page after automated reformatting and editing
I recently noticed that local news sites are terrible in that they transfer ludicrous amounts of data, never stop transferring data, and load an obnoxious number of ads and pop ups. As a result they ...
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