Questions tagged [is-x-legal]
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Is it illegal to buy prescription eyeglasses online in Canada?
(This is not the same question as this one, which is regarding U.S. law.)
I recently visited my optometrist, and was informed that I will either need progressive/bifocals, or else two different ...
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Do you have to show your ticket to a TfL ticket inspector after you have alighted from the bus?
It is in the news that a Metropolitan Police officer is being investigated after a mother was wrongfully arrested for bus fare evasion. However it is not clear, to me at least, exactly what the legal ...
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Is it legal to discriminate against people over a certain age? [duplicate]
A restaurant reserves certain items on its menu for individuals under a certain age.
The equality act 2010 specifically makes allowances for age discrimination against people under the age of 18. But ...
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What happens to illegally produced copies when the producer settles?
Say I download a copyright-protected album, and, without licence, make it available for download on a peer to peer network, distributing it to 10,000 of my closest friends.
Then I get a letter from a ...
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Watching bootleg DVDs [duplicate]
Say that, for my upcoming birthday, someone gifts me a copy of the hit film Shrek 2 on DVD.
Say that, instead of being professionally pressed and shrink-wrapped, my new copy of Shrek 2 is a shiny DVD+...
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Is recording children either by photo or video in itself an offence?
There is no indication that the children are other than fully clothed or that they (or anyone else that is part of the fact pattern) are depicting or party to any lewd acts.
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Any laws against scalpers that buy all stocks of a product and sell them for outreagous prices?
This might already be known, but there are peoples (some call them scalpers) that buy entire stocks of a specific product (e.g.:a specific graphics card model, etc) and then sell them for outrageous ...
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Would or could it be a public order offence (racially/religiously aggravated or otherwise) to burn or mutilate a national flag or a holy scripture?
In the UK, Alice burns a Quran on a public pavement.
Bob tears up an Irish flag.
Do either of these commit public order offences?
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Legal Implications of Building a Webshop for Renting Accounts
I'm considering developing a webshop platform where users can rent credentials to various website account like Udemy from each other, and I want to include a user rating system to build trust within ...
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Is it lawful to have a dating website that is free for women but charges men initiation +membership fees?
An American dating platform charges men an up front fee for “verification” and then an ongoing monthly fee for “membership,” while openly stating that “membership is free for women”. Is this ...
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What Would be the Legality of a Company Paying Individuals for their Data?
Let's say I started a new social media company, which collects and sells it's users' data. To entice people to use my social media site, I give them a cut of the money that I get from selling that ...
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Is it lawful to maintain different, independent dress codes for male and female guests to a business/venue? [duplicate]
Some venues/events will specify dress codes for each sex by defining the male code as smart casual and females should wear cocktail dresses etc.
But what if these are less congruent, where females are ...
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Would making a non-profit TV show about Ronald Mcdonald be legal?
Ok, this is going to sound weird, but I didn't have any better forum to ask this on. Me and a friend are working on a sort of Horror/Comedy.
A basic plot rundown: Ronald Mcdonald is a crazy lunatic ...
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is it illegal for a minor to contact a minor if the second minor's parents have instructed them not to do so? [closed]
I am 16 yrs old and my boyfriend's parents have told my boyfriend not to contact me (and have told me not to contact him) because they disapprove, and believe I am not a real person since they have ...
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In the USA, is it legal for parents to take children to sexually oriented events?
In this question I asked about parents taking children to strip clubs, answer showed what the law has to say in the case of sexually oriented businesses in general.
But what about non-businesses, like ...
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