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Does a US company moving its PII and web servers to the EU solve the Meta fine problem?
As discussed in this question about the Meta fine it is a problem for companies that host websites with access to EU user registration data in US datacenters. This is based on the 'Schrems II' ...
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Would it be legal to hold this sign up outside the White House or another government building?
Would it be legal for me to hold up this sign in front of the White House, the Capitol, or the SCOTUS building?
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Can a software include a list of deities/gods?
Consider a software that allows users to create profiles that identify the user. If this software includes and allows users to choose what god/deity they believe in (or their favorite god/deity), is ...
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Would it be legal for a business to provide only unisex multi person restrooms for use?
Let's say for some reason a business owner decided to make all their restrooms unisex. These are not single-person rooms, but larger restrooms with numerous toilets (and possible urinals).
Is there ...
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Is it legal to sell money? [duplicate]
Is it legal to sell money for a profit in the United States? For example:
Selling 100 rolls of pennies for $100 ($50 profit)
Selling 1,000 rolls of quarters for $12,000
Selling 1,000 dollar bills for ...
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Legal Considerations When Self-Publishing a Book
According to https://wordsrated.com/self-published-book-sales-statistics/, 300 million self-published books are sold each year.
I am thinking about, in the future, uploading (i.e., self-publishing) ...
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Is it legal to physically wash money?
I have some money that fell in a mud puddle. It got really dirty, and I don't want to put it in my wallet as it currently is. Is it legal to wash the money?
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Legality of busking a song with copyrighted melody but using different lyrics to deliver a message
Are there any legal impediments to busking a song with melody and lyrics copyrighted in the United States---with the same melody but with different lyrics---on U.S. streets?
Does it matter if the song ...
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Is it considered harrassment in the US to call a black man the N-word?
I recently saw a Youtube Short featuring a man interviewing Jordan Peterson and they were discussing the legality of calling someone by racial slurs, specifically the N-word. Seemingly having actually ...
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Is this telephone company's terms of usage common or unfair?
Though many think the price is good, their policy does mean your telephone service is subject to change.
Is this even legal to enforce per FCC?
reserves the right to reclaim any phone number from ...
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Is creating and hosting a phishing site illegal?
Would creating and hosting a phishing site imitating a site like Facebook or LinkedIn to show one person how realistic phishing scams can be (with that person's permission) be illegal in the US, ...
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Is it legal to publish a ''copy" of the Constitution with fake text added?
Would it be legal to publish a copy of the Constitution with an extra article that is not part of the real constitution, with no indication that it was added, i.e. intending to mislead readers?
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Is it legal to reverse-engineer and reimplement a file format?
If I reverse engineer a file format used by proprietary software and write (a) a specification and (b) a third-party program for reading and writing the format, and I publish both (a) and (b) online ...
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Is it legal to include a crypto miner in published software?
If I publish a program (say a text editor), and I include a cryptocurrency miner that puts all of the coins in my wallet (and the mining itself does not accomplish anything that benefits the user, e.g....
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Is it legal for a broker of insurance to cancel your policy if they do not send you the warning-letter from the insurance company about cancellation?
Is it legal for a broker of insurance to cancel your policy if they do not send you the warning-letter from the insurance company and they put things on your insurance policy that you never asked for?
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