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Do tech companies like Microsoft & CrowdStrike face almost no legal liabilities for major disruptions?
Preface: the disruption was not caused by Microsoft, that was just the platform being used (along CrowdStrike Falcon) by the affected entities. It's completely normal that Microsoft Windows may crash ...
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Do tech companies like Microsoft & CrowdStrike face almost no legal liabilities for major disruptions?
The short answer is that liability is universally waived contractually in software licensing agreements.
As noted in a comment from Jen, "the customers (e.g. passengers) of the directly harmed ...
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Do tech companies like Microsoft & CrowdStrike face almost no legal liabilities for major disruptions?
It's a quid pro quo. Suppose you want to use my software instead of employing an army of clerks using a paper system for which you would be wholly responsible. Software is inherently more risky than ...
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Do tech companies like Microsoft & CrowdStrike face almost no legal liabilities for major disruptions?
Section 8.6 of the Crowdstrike Terms and Conditions reads
Disclaimer. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES IN THIS SECTION 8,
CROWDSTRIKE AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER
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Do I need privacy policy if I don't collect personal data?
Under rules like GDPR, if your app never, ever transmits any data, then the app does not need a privacy policy.
Same if it manages to transmit data without transmitting personal data, but doing that ...
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Is there any "incitement" type defence in copyright breach?
Would this prompting with long code excerpts be a defence in a
"normal" copyright claim?
No. As a comment by Nate Eldredge observes, the prompting with long code excerpts is just a way to ...
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