Questions tagged [is-x-legal]
Is X Legal? Questions that postulate a scenario or behavior, then ask if that scenario or behavior is legal. Please read Meta before asking a question of this form!
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Is it legal to remove the SIM from your car?
There is a youtube video about data collection by cars. They suggest the solution of removing the SIM card from your car. They address some technical problems, such as getting access to the SIM card,...
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Is it legal to discriminate on marital status for car insurance/pensions etc.?
In 2012 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that gender is no longer allowed to be a factor when premiums are calculated for "everything from pensions to car and life insurance".
I ...
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Is it legal to photograph a nosy neighbour?
If I had an intimidating neighbour that frequently stood their side of our garden fence staring at me and my family whilst we were in the garden (or even at times in the house), would it be legal for ...
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Is genital "nullification" legal in Europe?
Is it legal for health professionals to perform these operations described
here, under the heading "genital nullification", in Europe, safely and to consenting adults.
Genital nullification,...
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Can I use AI to enhance my own Images?
I understand AI art isn't copyright material. However, I am curious if the creator generates AI versions of the creation are those AI versions the copyright of the creator? I'm not sure how else to ...
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To what extent can police officers intervene in a suicide?
Suicide is legal in the United States. Are police allowed to do things they would not have normally been able to do if not for the situation (e.g. tackling the attempter to prevent him from falling)? ...
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General legallity of selling advanced malicious software systems [duplicate]
Generally, within the United States, would it be legal to:
Develop an advanced network exploitation system that has capabilities like The NSO Group Pegesus Spyware.
Market that software to any US ...
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(UK) Employee signed off from work by a doctor - can we ask for equipment back?
If an employee is signed off from work by a doctor and is currently holding equipment owned by either his employer or one of his employer's customers, it seems perfectly reasonable to me to ask for ...
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Can 501(C)(3) sell items that were donated? [closed]
I am an employee of a nonprofit (501C3) museum that sells merchandise to help us expand our reach to the public.
My question is: If someone (an employee or guest) donates items for the museum to sell, ...
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Is paying a news publisher to not publish negative press about you legal?
Today, I saw on the news that the prosecution in the current criminal case against former President Trump brought in a tabloid publisher to testify that Trump paid him to not publish negative press ...
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Can copy-pasting a word definition from a dictionary site cause a copyright issue?
I just saw the following at the English language and usage stack exchange meta forum (ELU meta).
We should not be pasting definitions from online dictionaries into answers when their terms of service ...
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Is there a term for making something that is legal but could be used illegally?
I am wondering the legality of making something that is totally legal in itself but if misused by someone is illegal.
An example I found online is self-aiming and shooting paintball guns such as the ...
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In which US states are hush money payments illegal?
I was just reading something from the New Yorker magazine which stated:
“Paying hush money is not a crime under New York state law,” Mark
Pomerantz, a lawyer who worked in the D.A.’s office, wrote, ...
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Is it legal to send pressed flowers to the United States via mail?
Is it legal to send pressed flowers from my garden to the United States via mail. If it is legal, what rules are relevant?
The flowers are common snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) and crocus vernus.
Crocus ...
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Can sexual consent be required to enter a building?
First off, and this should be assumed, but IDs are checked and all people entering are of age.
Now, there are technically two questions I'm asking.
The first: is it legal in the United States for ...
