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Is it legal to record Internet audio streams?
Is it legal to record an Internet audio stream (sometimes incorrectly called "Internet radio") for later playback for private use? Does it matter if you delete immediately after listening vs....
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Is it legal to "sneak into Mar-a-Lago"?
This article lists six ways to "sneak into Mar-a-Lago." It says "it’s not illegal to go places you don’t belong," but most of the ways listed seem like fraud and/or trespassing. Is ...
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Would it be legal to erase, disable, or destroy your phone when a CBP agent attempted to seize it?
If a Customs and Border Protection agent demanded that I give him my phone while I (a US citizen) was re-entering the US, would it be legal for me to activate some kind of "panic button" ...
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Is it legal for a shareholder who receives no wages from company A to receive a reimbursement for business travel costs from company A?
Is it legal for a shareholder who receives no wages from company A to receive a reimbursement for business travel costs from company A in United States? Shareholder pocketed zero dollars of the ...
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Is it legal to create a cryptocurrency?
I want to create a new cryptocurrency as an experiment. Is this legal?
My cryptocurrency won't use a blockchain, so laws specifically regulating blockchains might not apply.
The system will be ...
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Is it legal to report the amount paid to the lawyer minus the disbursements lawyer had made by tax-year's end in 1099-NEC "Nonemployee compensation"?
Assume X,Y are positive real number and X<Y. Suppose $X is the amount the patent lawyer disbursed to entities to file the patent for review including amounts to foreign examining agencies to ...
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Is it legal to "troll" spammers?
If a spammer sends me an email advertising a service, is it legal for me to reply acting like I'm interested in the service, have a fairly long conversation about it, and then say "no thanks"...
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Can I use an image of SpongeBob in the thumbnail of my video about the cartoon?
Suppose I made a commentary video about SpongeBob. Would using an image of SpongeBob in the thumbnail be considered fair use in this case?
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Am I free to use any publicly available data for visualization purposes?
According to this page:
Data itself is not copyrightable.
For instance, demographic counts, weather measurements, phone numbers, chemical structures, currency values, facts about individuals and ...
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"Copyright does not protect facts" - is this always true?
Under another question of mine, I got an answer that states "copyright does not protect facts". However, I'm not sure whether this is always true. For example, there is a site called ...
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Is "digital dropshipping" legal?
For example, there is a game on Steam for $15 and my site would sell it for $20, but I don't actually own the game, just buy it from Steam and take the $5 profit. Is this legal? Also, if it is, how ...
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Is wiki vandalism illegal?
Is it legal to vandalize wikis if the vandal doesn't use hacked accounts? Could the vandal either be prosecuted or sued?
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Can I be banned/barred from the mall for a year without being served papers? [duplicate]
Can I be banned from the mall which is private property without being served papers? I do work there. I was caught sleeping in a hallway. So they banned me for a year I now lost my job because of it. ...
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Possible change of state of residency, questions?
My partner recently got a job in a neighboring state and will be moving there and asked me to move with her.
She leased an apartment in her name and added me in as an occupant but she's the "...
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Is a Nazi party legal in the US?
I read about the leading case National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie and got curious about the legality of having a Nazi party in the US. The Wikipedia article on that party says it ...
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