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47,307 | 1 | 2019-12-10T13:44:50.470 | 2 | 302 | 2019-12-12T13:10:44.413 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm developing an intranet site used by employees of my company. The geographic location of an employee could be anywhere around the world but they will be accessing the intranet website using a VPN.
Do I need to comply with laws related to cookies or other geographic specific laws?
[Privacy and Electronic Communic... | internet | Does an intranet site need to comply with cookie laws if it's only used internally |
37,067 | 1 | 2019-02-10T02:21:04.630 | 2 | 68 | 2019-02-10T02:21:04.630 | 0 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | During the first lease cycle of a rental agreement, the tenant died. Is the co-signer responsible for damages to the apartment, or do the charges revert to the deceased tenant's family members?
| contract-law | What is the responsibility of a co-signer upon death of a tenant within the first lease cycle? |
14,414 | 1 | 2016-10-04T18:19:19.497 | 2 | 89 | 2016-11-04T18:07:32.313 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | If a vendor clearly ignores PCI-DSS regulations and puts my personal credit card information at risk, is there any legal action I can take against them?
In the case at hand, a vendor first scanned my hand-written order form with a phone (likely a personal smartphone) and then sent that scan to me in an unencrypted e... | privacy | Can I sue a PCI violator |
3,462 | 1 | 2015-09-08T19:15:57.617 | 1 | 437 | 2015-09-09T15:57:54.327 | 2 | 7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | According to the answers to [Are county clerks exempt from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/3455/are-county-clerks-exempt-from-title-vii-of-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964), elected officials of pretty much any sort are exempted from the protections offered citizens under... | constitutional-law | If elected officials are exempt from CRA Title VII, what protects their civil rights? |
25,493 | 1 | 2018-01-21T02:08:46.793 | 1 | 138 | 2018-01-21T07:38:47.717 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I live in US and I am a freelance developer.
If I take a popular yet generic Android app (such as a calendar app or a note taking app) made by a company in United states and make an app which looks almost similar to it, with the same User interface and features, but without using any of their content (such as images,... | software | Is copying the User Interface and features of an Android app considered illegal in US? |
39,256 | 1 | 2019-04-19T22:32:19.353 | 2 | 207 | 2019-12-06T11:06:11.770 | 3 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Paul Davies. [*JC Smith's The Law of Contract* (2018 2 ed)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smiths-Law-Contract-Paul-Davies/dp/0198807813/ref=dp_ob_title_bk). p. 6.
>
> On a slightly different tack, but in a similar vein, Judge Richard Posner has written:17
>
>
>
> >
> > Suppose I sign a contract to deliver 100,000 cus... | contract-law | Why's A's expected profit $.04? |
47,294 | 1 | 2019-12-09T23:01:15.953 | 2 | 56 | 2019-12-11T23:02:57.963 | 0 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am developing an application that will be used for computer security training, specifically for awareness of scams and phishing.
As part of this, I plan to use a series of well-known company brand names and trademarks (e.g. `Stack Exchange`) in order to create examples and demos that the user can relate to.
For e... | trademark | What are the legal considerations of using trademarks in security training material? |
57,857 | 1 | 2020-11-08T04:53:09.563 | 0 | 26 | 2020-11-08T06:42:49.547 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Based on definitions according to [17 U.S.C. § 101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title17-section101&num=0&edition=prelim) ([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201107155724/https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title17-section101&num=0&edition=prelim)):
> ... | copyright | Is a phonorecord a sound recording on a specific material object, such as an audio book on a CD? |
58,853 | 1 | 2020-12-03T08:27:18.273 | -2 | 102 | 2020-12-03T12:35:42.750 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Why is contract not above law?
Is there any country in the world where contract overrides law? If not, why not? What if both parties intend to sign and follow a contract that is against the law?
My reason for asking is whether a contract can legitimately override EU refunds laws.
| contract-law | Is there any country where contract overrides law? |
39,398 | 1 | 2019-04-23T23:18:17.953 | 0 | 83 | 2019-04-24T11:22:42.443 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Paul Davies. [*JC Smith's The Law of Contract* (2018 2 ed)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smiths-Law-Contract-Paul-Davies/dp/0198807813/ref=dp_ob_title_bk). pp. 425-426.
1. This question's title refers to the red underlines beneath.
2. What exactly is this 'legitimate interest protected' by exorbitant credit card interest... | contract-law | How does the 'legitimate interest protected' by exorbitant credit card interest differ from that of exorbitant interest 'on outstanding fees'? |
78,893 | 1 | 2022-03-27T07:44:30.073 | 0 | 26 | 2022-03-27T08:00:31.480 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | What happens when I include parts of code(maybe logic/algo, design approach and change its implementation or implement it in a different programming language) of an open-source copy left software in my software and try to make it proprietary? So how will proprietary license issuing authorities verify authenticity of my... | licensing | Verifying authenticity of software for proprietary licensing |
21,376 | 1 | 2017-07-22T14:35:58.433 | 0 | 144 | 2017-07-24T03:22:20.010 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Watching the People's Court, the judge says the plaintiff has a responsibility to mitigate their damages.
In other words the (People's) court holds the plaintiff to a standard of effort when they have lost money and are suing to get the money back.
My question, is this standard in the (People's) court part of cont... | contract-law | Is plaintiff responsibility to 'mitigate their damages' a law? |
45,571 | 1 | 2019-10-16T14:05:29.283 | 8 | 240 | 2022-02-24T02:02:05.220 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm a small business targeting name tags to the individual worker. Some orders are from the businesses themselves, but others are for lone workers that seek a better name tag. When a lone McDonalds, Best Buy, Chick-fil-a, etc. employee comes to me and wants the golden arches or other logo on their name tag, am I openin... | trademark | I manufacture employee name tags. Am I exposing myself by using their company's logo on tags ordered by their employees? |
25,576 | 1 | 2018-01-24T22:13:40.270 | 3 | 86 | 2018-01-24T22:13:40.270 | 0 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I have been offered 5% of a company through a shareholder agreement form (which I have not signed) but am really worried about a clause which essentially states,
>
> Any IP discovered by me relating to the business while in
> the service of the Company must be disclosed and becomes the property
> of the company.
... | contract-law | What does "While in the service of the company" mean? |
49,129 | 1 | 2020-02-16T11:00:08.217 | 1 | 236 | 2020-02-16T11:00:08.217 | 0 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I was accused of stealing from a store from a worker so she tried to stop me from driving away. I was later arrested by the police because she claimed that I was attempting to harm her with my car. The keys to my car were taken and I wasn’t allowed to take any of my belongings out of the car such as my phone or wallet.... | criminal-law | If a police officer has taken the keys of my car away from me, who are the police allowed to return them to? |
21,731 | 1 | 2017-08-03T21:36:10.180 | 1 | 35 | 2017-08-03T21:36:10.180 | 0 | 4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | A startup I worked for had promised me to grant my options that were vested, however, they are making me pay the legal costs of executing those options. Is that legal? On the contract, it says nothing about legal costs. I feel like I'm being hold for ransom with the fees.
| contract-law | Startup making me pay legal costs of my vested options, is that legal? |
26,189 | 1 | 2018-02-19T14:54:00.443 | 1 | 112 | 2018-02-19T21:36:36.333 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I'm starting a course about building website backends with NodeJS and I was wondering is it legal to use the [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) logo as **part** of my course cover?
| trademark | Can I use nodejs logo as part of my course cover? |
9,184 | 1 | 2016-05-12T00:59:33.517 | 0 | 119 | 2016-05-12T17:38:24.230 | 2 | 7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am not a law professional at all but I all of a sudden realized something to which I cannot find a reasonable answer. In customs (or in similar law-enforcement acts), why is the burden of proof on the subject but not on the state?
CASE 1) If Acme Inc. imports some agricultural products, then she needs to demonstrat... | criminal-law | Burden of proof at customs |
3,684 | 1 | 2015-09-16T01:21:39.950 | 4 | 59 | 2015-09-16T03:46:04.727 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Suppose a private party were to pay for the production of a theatrical play in England, and one of these performances was filmed, with the intention that the filming would be later edited into a DVD. There are therefore several interested parties:
* The party that paid for everything
* The person who filmed and edit... | intellectual-property | IP Rights in Recordings |
3,345 | 1 | 2015-09-04T21:08:04.500 | 2 | 52 | 2015-09-06T01:09:25.407 | 0 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I recently wrote a clone of the famous Jeopardy! game. It is copyrighted but I believe that if I my copy was made for educational and recreational uses only (no commercial) it falls under FAIR USE, am I right? If so, can I publish it on the public internet?
I am using the main screen and concept of a game, the name i... | copyright | Is it ok to post a clone of a famous game up for review or in a website? |
28,515 | 1 | 2018-05-15T14:03:00.073 | 2 | 1,728 | 2018-05-15T14:33:43.920 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm being asked to sign a letter of engagement with an attorney.
One of the numbered paragraphs is blank and just says "Reserved". What is the reason for it, can the attorney just insert whatever terms they want later? Clearly not, but it must have some purpose.
This letter is being presented on an online signing s... | contract | What is a "Reserved" clause in a contract? (letter of engagement) |
40,599 | 1 | 2019-05-01T09:19:32.393 | 13 | 4,609 | 2019-05-02T15:06:44.303 | 3 | 5 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | How does one even create the title of an app when basically most nouns in the English language have been trademarked?
* When and when isn't a trademark valid?
* For example, I was surprised that even the word corgi and jets are trademarked! Jacuzzi seems to be the strong advocate of their trademark. But, what if thes... | trademark | Understanding trademark infringements in a world where many dictionary words are trademarks? |
21,202 | 1 | 2017-07-14T07:49:03.230 | 1 | 268 | 2017-07-14T12:56:33.940 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Suppose I want to draw a horse. I don't know how to draw a horse so I buy a How to Draw Animals book and follow the instructions of the book to draw a horse. Now can I use my drawing for commercial purposes?
| copyright | Is copying from How to Draw books copyright infringement? |
17,230 | 1 | 2017-02-19T10:40:04.020 | 4 | 57 | 2017-02-19T20:43:32.567 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | First of all: I hope this fits on this stackexchange. Sorry if it doesn't...
The title says it all. I want to write a document and I would like to put an open license on it (i.e. do whatever you want). However I am by no means willing to take any responsibility for derived work and would like the license to reflect t... | licensing | Document license that explicitly forbids attribution of derived work |
9,378 | 1 | 2016-05-21T01:41:41.260 | 1 | 6,303 | 2016-05-21T12:19:19.750 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Topical example (concerning the Facebook bias controversy of May 2016): if Facebook knowingly discriminated against conservative stories in its Trending feature, but told users and the press that there was no bias, could Facebook be prosecuted under U.S. law?
| criminal-law | Is lying to your customers prosecutable? |
46,913 | 1 | 2019-11-27T10:37:29.443 | 0 | 1,247 | 2019-11-27T20:26:35.437 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Should state that I am in the United Kingdom (England specifically if that makes a difference).
I have a contract I want to make for a web design job and I have created a contract that lays out the terms while the web design job is taking place which will then be finished once the web design job has been completed.
... | contract-law | Can I refer to another contract in a contract? |
43,043 | 1 | 2019-07-18T21:58:17.443 | 0 | 150 | 2019-07-18T22:47:44.447 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have signed a contingency agreement with a roofing company here in Colorado. Am I bound to anything here? It seems like a 'good faith' agreement that I will contact my insurance company. If I don't follow up with the roofing company with a claim number, which is what they would need, am I in violation of anything?
... | contract | roofing contractor contingency agreement |
33,556 | 1 | 2018-11-16T11:07:05.813 | 1 | 59 | 2018-11-19T09:10:45.880 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | The short: my company have been paid to develop a software system for a client. There are (sort of) similar systems on the market already, there is currently a lot of demand for it, I want to redistribute something similar if I am within my rights to do so.
I am not employed by the client, nor has anything formal bee... | software | Redistribution of system similar to the one commissioned (privately) by a client |
53,207 | 1 | 2020-07-13T18:23:22.850 | 1 | 89 | 2020-07-14T06:46:52.893 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am having some trouble with some of the terminology in Licensing agreement SEC filings. Does someone know what is meant by "commercial target"? The definition just states:
"1.18 “Commercial Target” means the Target for which Licensee is granted a Commercial License hereunder."
Here is a link to the relevant documen... | contract-law | What does "commercial target" mean in a pharma licensing agreement? |
70,941 | 1 | 2021-08-19T09:27:48.667 | 0 | 55 | 2021-08-19T13:52:11.533 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Scenario 1:
Artist B buys a line image of a cat licenced on a stock image website by Artist A. (licence terms-free to distribute, modify but must credit original artist).
Artist B colours it and then places it on a creative commons clipart website without crediting the original artist. (Image can be used free for comme... | copyright | Copy Right Image |
8,708 | 1 | 2016-04-22T11:14:28.197 | 0 | 76 | 2016-04-22T22:04:49.303 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | If somebody registered a distinctive website name, that has no content or services related to it (i.e. it's an empty page), is the name trademarked?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_parking>
| trademark | Are the names of parked domain websites trademarked? |
17,310 | 1 | 2017-02-23T10:57:01.953 | 1 | 389 | 2019-03-13T18:55:48.817 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | My employer is trying enforce new rules about how we use our annual leave. Among other points they require the following are the ones of concern:
1. 50% of annual leave must be booked (planned, bot necessarily taken) by September
2. There must be at least two people in the office on all working days
3. The manager ha... | employment | Can an employer dictate when an employee can take annual leave? |
27,986 | 1 | 2018-04-25T09:21:49.890 | 3 | 287 | 2018-08-21T05:28:18.377 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am a web designer that works with a range of clients on a project basis. I complete a project and then offer my services at any hourly rate for any other work required in the future.
Do I have a legal responsibility to ensure any projects are GDPR compliant which are:
1. finished before 25th May 2018?
2. finished... | privacy | GDPR liability for Web Designer |
61,469 | 1 | 2021-02-24T04:23:24.607 | 5 | 301 | 2021-02-25T07:48:34.363 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Suppose you purchased a product on eBay, realized that it was likely illegal (like a bootleg copy of the advertised copyrighted product), and returned it. Does the act of returning the product make you liable for its distribution? If one views the return and refund as a nullification of the original transaction maybe n... | copyright | Does returning an illegal product back to the seller for the refund make one liable for said product distribution? |
29,777 | 1 | 2018-06-25T18:59:05.257 | 0 | 192 | 2018-06-25T20:21:00.360 | 2 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | My neighbor does odd jobs for me such as taking out the trash, cleaning out the gutters, etc. They fell off a ladder and required medical attention. Recently, they received a letter from their insurance provider that states:
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> If another person or entity caused or may be responsible for the
> injury/illness trea... | liability | Liability for neighbor injured on my property |
16,876 | 1 | 2017-02-03T07:05:00.930 | -1 | 399 | 2017-02-03T08:23:17.610 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Imagine I write a non-fiction book, in which I make references to Simpsons characters, starting with the title.
I assume I can't take a picture from the cartoon and put it on the cover without running into legal difficulties (correct me, if I'm wrong).
But I could hire an artist, who would draw a new, original pict... | copyright | Am I allowed to put an illustration based on Simpsons on the cover of my book? |
44,738 | 1 | 2019-09-16T13:20:06.143 | -1 | 155 | 2019-09-17T04:31:28.647 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | According to this article [ref here](https://dcdirtylaundry.com/new-york-fire-commissioners-call-for-new-9-11-investigation/), [ref here](https://www.globalresearch.ca/new-york-area-fire-commissioners-make-history-call-new-911-investigation/5684982), [ref here](https://www.zerohedge.com/health/new-york-area-fire-commis... | criminal-law | Do firefighters contitute a legislative power? |
78,400 | 1 | 2022-03-08T22:48:00.370 | 22 | 6,352 | 2022-03-11T19:10:06.880 | 5 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | This question is not about politics, it's purely about law.
Recently, a number of companies announced that they will be terminating contracts with anyone who has Russian registration.
One example is IONOS web and domain hosting:
>
> Ukraine Conflict – Cancellation of Your Account
>
> Dear XXX,
>
> As you ... | contract-law | What is the legal basis for terminating contracts with Russian residents? |
15,085 | 1 | 2016-11-09T03:42:57.583 | 3 | 3,293 | 2017-03-09T11:04:03.880 | 4 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I have a contract that was signed on Nov 4, 2016. It says that we can cancel the contract within three business days from the above date. Additionally, it also says "To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice to" followed by an address and "no later than midnight of ... | contract | What does "No later than midnight of a day" mean? |
79,861 | 1 | 2022-05-04T01:25:12.483 | 0 | 35 | 2022-05-04T01:25:12.483 | 0 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am developing a web application that involves connecting PHP with SQL Server, in order to do so it was necessary to download and install the Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server for Windows; reading the license it metions in the part of "Installation and use rights" that "You may install and use any number of copi... | licensing | Can I use the Microsoft ODBC driver 18 for SQL Server in a commercial application? |
45,317 | 1 | 2019-10-06T22:17:39.280 | 27 | 8,158 | 2019-10-09T19:52:06.383 | 2 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am currently interested in doing some research performing various measurements and algorithms on the most common words in the English language. I have found a few good word lists online that would be suitable, but I am concerned that they may be subject to copyright and would like to be sure about their status before... | copyright | Is a list of the most common English words copyrightable under US law? |
34,296 | 1 | 2018-12-12T00:20:28.053 | 1 | 102 | 2018-12-14T21:42:10.123 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | When making a Subject Access Request to GCHQ I was told that I would have to pay a fee for this Request. The GDPR does not allow for such a fee, while the UK Data Protection Act does(Part 4 – Chapter 3 - Section 94). My Subject Access Request concerns the website of the GCHQ, and not the GCHQ's surveillance activities.... | privacy | Fee for Subject Access Request to GCHQ, Data Protection Act 2018 |
41,812 | 1 | 2019-06-05T22:05:03.880 | 0 | 61 | 2019-06-06T02:14:15.903 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm writing a module for the internal company website of my current employer. Does that constitute comercial use?
| software | What constitutes comercial use of software? |
7,204 | 1 | 2016-02-17T02:16:54.243 | 3 | 892 | 2017-09-11T04:05:39.247 | 3 | 4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Is it legal to tax each item separately?
I visited Buddy's Pizza in Detroit MI on 6 Mile and Conant on 2/14/2016 Valentines Day. The waitress taxed each item on my bill separately: for example, she taxed me for the pizza, then taxed me for the pop, and added a gratuity.
| tax-law | Calculating the sales tax on separate items on a restaurant bill |
66,758 | 1 | 2021-06-14T09:42:00.620 | 5 | 325 | 2021-06-16T16:38:37.680 | 2 | 12 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Bob is a clinically vulnerable adult that has a weak immune system. Eve is one of Bob's friends. Eve has been offered a vaccine for a widely spread and contagious disease that has the potential to kill Bob if he caught it from Eve. Eve does not take this vaccine, as she does not think it will affect her and it goes aga... | criminal-law | Bob dies because Eve chose not to be vaccinated, is this a crime? |
56,807 | 1 | 2020-10-01T18:12:15.080 | -1 | 71 | 2020-10-01T19:53:27.727 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | For over a year, I'm trying to get "wordpress.org" to delete my personal data from their [bugtracker](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/) (the pseudonym is linked to my full personal address).
According to <https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/> The website states GDPR compliancy and appropriate rights are theoretically... | privacy | Why is my GDPR (a.17) request not fulfilled? |
60,723 | 1 | 2021-02-01T15:39:34.243 | 3 | 1,233 | 2021-02-01T23:12:23.500 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | If a corporation is criminally charged while handling privacy data wrongly (assume such a law exists if it does not) in India who is liable? Is it the chairman, deparment of privacy, employees involved, the majority shareholder who financed the company or someone else?
Assume the company was not set up just to do illeg... | privacy | How are corporations imprisoned? |
38,338 | 1 | 2019-03-22T21:53:36.617 | -2 | 89 | 2019-03-24T04:57:50.007 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | While I am located in Europe, I am generally interested in how this is handled in different countries. This is not a current question, but more a theoretical question, about how the law "generally" works. I am aware, that different countries may have very different laws, but I would still like to read answers, regardle... | contract-law | Can an unacceptable / illegal condition in a contract be ignored without voiding the whole contract? |
14,755 | 1 | 2016-10-22T10:29:42.467 | 2 | 129 | 2016-10-26T01:13:07.417 | 0 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | My wife has had a new boss a few months back. He does not understand the role his team plays in the organisation.
He has tried to force (he uses the word encourage) my wife to take up work that is not in the purview of her role.
He has tried to get her to take on work that other teams have to do (this is docu... | employment | My pregnant wife is experiencing a lot of stress at work due to an incompetent manager. What are her rights? |
48,582 | 1 | 2020-01-29T02:51:21.780 | -1 | 60 | 2020-01-29T08:52:05.573 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Poole, Shaw-Mellors. [*Contract Law Concentrate* (4 ed 2019)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contract-Law-Concentrate-Jill-Pool/dp/0198840446/ref=dp_ob_title_bk). p 166.
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> Distinguishing liquidated damages and penalty clauses
> =====================================================
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>
> This is a question of construc... | contract-law | Why are unlikely hypothetical breaches overlooked, because most clauses operate punitively? |
53,585 | 1 | 2020-07-24T18:11:25.417 | 0 | 81 | 2020-07-29T12:03:22.703 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | (1) I am trying to find out whether one has to file any income tax if they are an American citizen permanently living abroad but having literally no income?
(2) While trying to search about this on the internet, I wondered why is there no tax bracket with 0% or nil income tax (the UK doesn't tax income upto £12,500 f... | tax-law | Income tax bracket threshold for zero tax in the US and regarding no income at all |
65,196 | 1 | 2021-05-22T16:10:17.730 | 0 | 107 | 2021-05-24T17:10:11.197 | 1 | 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Various techniques can be used to identify stalkers, malicious hackers et al. that are either gathering data for their target or use the target's digital items without consent.
Canary files
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They are 'normal' files (e.g. PDF, word) that can be used to identify an attacker without his knowledge or consen... | internet | Identifying attackers and GDPR. In which cases is it legal? |
73,041 | 1 | 2021-09-22T19:00:33.117 | 0 | 47 | 2021-09-22T22:10:36.173 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Let’s suppose there are two companies, company A and company B. Both companies come to an agreement: company A buys some goods from Company B and these goods must be delivered in four months. Now, before these goods are delivered, an employee of company B destroys them. Suppose I am company A. What could I do? Is this ... | contract-law | Property/contract law issue |
45,105 | 1 | 2019-09-29T15:26:12.720 | 11 | 8,405 | 2019-10-03T04:20:34.223 | 3 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Say, I pay for a broadcasting service, and lets say due some circumstances I miss it.
Does the original copyright (or the fact that it allowed me to watch it), allow me to source the content elsewhere?
I in no way am sharing the content that was aquired elsewhere.
Edit: Likely I will watch it one time and dele... | copyright | I pay for a service, but I miss the broadcast |
48,878 | 1 | 2020-02-07T19:49:46.143 | 0 | 55 | 2020-02-07T21:17:54.970 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I received a letter of intent to sign and the signature block has a line after "Accepted" as though I should put something there.
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> <Legal Entity Name>
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> ACCEPTED: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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> BY: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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> Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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This is new to me.... | contract-law | What do I put on an "Accepted" line? |
31,601 | 1 | 2018-09-08T17:34:02.343 | 4 | 354 | 2018-09-10T05:36:52.170 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VRr6e.png)
By opening this question, you have automatically sent some data to some random website on the internet, the website hosting the above picture. What data? This is the data that is usually sent:
* Your IP
* A cookie
* T... | internet | GDPR and hotlinked images: are they allowed? |
25,458 | 1 | 2018-01-19T11:17:42.440 | 1 | 138 | 2018-01-19T14:07:04.960 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am currently in the process of finalizing the technology behind a game where users are able to create "lands" of their own.
* Each land is upkept and expanded by **Tokens**.
* **Tokens** are bought from Real Money Store.
* **Tokens** are tradeable.
* Users are able to create images(terrain, characters, monsters etc... | copyright | When does user generated content violate copyright? |
32,362 | 1 | 2018-10-07T13:43:02.947 | 2 | 91 | 2018-10-07T16:32:16.120 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | * An Internet forum logs their users' IP addresses for moderation purposes (fighting abusive sockpuppetry, temporary banning a dynamic IP address range in case of a spam attack, permanently banning static IP addresses in case of persistent toxic behaviors, etc)
* An abusive user request the deletion of their IP address... | internet | Can a user request the deletion of their IP address that is stored for moderation purposes? |
45,276 | 1 | 2019-10-04T20:54:56.967 | -3 | 164 | 2019-10-16T09:15:33.737 | 2 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Say you have company A. They are being bought by company B, are there legal ways to permit company B to buy A but not permit B to own assets that company A had originally owned?
Or in selling company A to B permit wholesale pundering on B part when they buy A?
If there is no place on this website for this question ... | business | Is it possible to keep assets from being taken when a company is bought by another? |
30,043 | 1 | 2018-07-07T02:51:48.173 | -2 | 163 | 2018-07-07T11:37:57.427 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | My roomate hasn't arrived yet and I haven't met him yet but a big package of water in plastic bottles has been delivered to the room for him. My metal reusable water bottle is moldy and I didn't get a chance to buy soap to wash it so I took one of my roomate's waters for myself with the intention that I would reuse it ... | criminal-law | I'm stealing a water from my roomate |
14,053 | 1 | 2016-09-18T09:54:56.070 | 2 | 750 | 2018-05-26T19:17:21.403 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I have first posted this question on *Super User*. Since I tagged it with Android (as I use WhatsApp on Android) it got migrated to *Android Enthusiasts*. There one decided that it was not on-topic for that site and got closed. This question does address the technical side of uploading only a partial address book, but ... | privacy | Ask people for WhatsApp address book consent; what to do when declined? |
6,953 | 1 | 2016-02-05T17:01:21.607 | 0 | 64 | 2016-02-05T18:01:41.940 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Not illegible- as far as I know, no one's signed the Voynich manuscript and been held to it- but simply incoherent, needlessly verbose, or prohibitively lengthy?
I recognize that legal language uses a lot of terms of art, and that it's necessarily going to be a bit abstruse, but it seems like most terms of use are en... | contract-law | Is it common for contracts to be voided on the grounds that they are unreadable? |
43,525 | 1 | 2019-08-08T13:18:58.410 | 2 | 191 | 2019-08-08T16:09:22.853 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am assuming (please to correct if not true) that copyright is not automatically conferred and that there is a process that must be followed. Assume the venue is the USA
Videos are often used to show real-estate properties. How does one know if the video is copyrighted (or any other IP protection)? I ask because I w... | copyright | youtube video IP |
30,593 | 1 | 2018-07-29T08:50:45.650 | 0 | 86 | 2018-07-29T15:58:02.080 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | If I receive a letter from a legal entity such as the council, which is asking me to fill in a form and return it to them via post, shouldn't they include a pre-stamped envelop where I can send the letter back without having to pay for the postage myself?
My reasoning behind it is that I don't have a choice not to re... | contract | Shouldn't a legal entity such as the council, which is asking you to respond to one of their letters, include a pre-stamped envelope? |
36,499 | 1 | 2019-01-23T01:03:22.443 | 0 | 59 | 2019-01-23T02:15:52.097 | 0 | 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm using Oracle JDK8 for some web services and it's a bit difficult to move to OpenJdk right now.
As public support for JDK8 is ending on January, 2019, is it possible continue using Oracle JDK8 without further update for commercial purposes?
Or does a user need to subscribe to new model even though that user doesn'... | licensing | Using older version of JDK8 after January, 2019 |
38,468 | 1 | 2019-03-27T02:28:40.010 | 2 | 186 | 2019-03-28T22:15:44.200 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Consider this
1. An American uses a fake scan of a Canadian passport over the internet to open an offshore bank account
2. The account is never used
3. No quantifiable damages are incurred
Is the American liable for criminal fraud?
Also which federal agency would prosecute? The Diplomatic Service seems to only ha... | criminal-law | Does 18 U.S. Code § 1543 apply to foreign passports? |
22,311 | 1 | 2017-08-30T18:46:57.113 | 0 | 397 | 2018-09-01T14:53:57.703 | 3 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am interesting if penal codes in US or UK allows a convicted person to obtain release on parole after only one third of jail time, although the person never admitted the crime nor most of the prejudice is not recovered.
My question stems from a real case in Romania where an important businessman and politician [wa... | criminal-law | Is it possible to be released on parole only after serving 1/3 of jail time without admitting the crime and the prejudice not being recovered? |
37,470 | 1 | 2019-02-21T11:40:55.970 | 0 | 91 | 2019-02-22T15:25:53.743 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am a German citizen permanently living in Germany. Is it legal to be employed by a company located in Mauritius and work 100% remotely without ever visiting Mauritius?
| contract-law | Work remotely in a EU country for a non EU company |
71,301 | 1 | 2021-08-30T21:13:23.647 | -6 | 89 | 2021-08-30T21:48:23.690 | 1 | 9 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | How is the government taxing you on money you are yet to make nothing else than an interest free short-term loan you are forced to give them. You only get the chance at a return at the end of the year giving the government a full year to do with your money as the please.
I spoke to a person that is an estate agent an... | tax-law | How has pre-emptive taxation been defended? |
18,488 | 1 | 2017-04-16T00:42:18.007 | 1 | 2,292 | 2017-08-09T17:54:18.363 | 3 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | How to tell if an image is copyrighted?
For example, I want to say that my client uses a product for their hairdressing service.
Can I use images of the product directly from the product website?
What are some general ways to tell?
And who gets sued, me or the hairdresser?
| copyright | How to tell if an image is copyrighted |
53,316 | 1 | 2020-07-17T01:15:55.150 | 0 | 21 | 2020-07-17T02:10:13.863 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have heard in the past that editing an image to make it significantly different than its original form will allow you to use it without worrying about copyright laws. Is this true?
| copyright | Copyright Images laws |
6,507 | 1 | 2016-01-20T04:09:49.730 | 1 | 41 | 2016-01-20T04:19:25.550 | 0 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | The only information I am able to find on this topic is under the assumption that the duplication would be in print format:
Some of the most common conditions are (not all apply to every country):
* **Size** - smaller or larger than original, the amount varies by country
* **Color** - black & white reproductions on... | copyright | Using US currency within a webpage design |
21,677 | 1 | 2017-08-02T12:37:06.867 | 22 | 4,482 | 2018-10-30T00:15:08.507 | 2 | 13 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I just read the following in [an article](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/02/three-musketeers-convicted-of-plotting-terrorist-attack) in The Guardian (emphasis mine):
>
> In prison they met their co-defendant Rahman, 32, one of nine men prosecuted in connection with a plan to attack the London stock ex... | criminal-law | Is there a law in the UK that makes possession of specific publications illegal? |
59,579 | 1 | 2020-12-26T21:22:51.780 | 0 | 45 | 2020-12-28T06:07:04.473 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Say you have 'Bag Watcher' that sells business management software, and another company, with the same class, is called 'Bag Overwatch' that is a computer security company. Is it legal and enforceable to register 'Bag Watcher'?
This is in the U.S.
| trademark | How close can names in the same classification not be in trademark law |
14,553 | 1 | 2016-10-11T12:04:52.173 | 1 | 7,319 | 2021-02-02T21:03:09.110 | 3 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am shooting a movie in which there is a shot of a phone ringing. The ringtone is moonlight sonata by Beethoven. Can I download the music from youtube and use it in my movie?
Will I be breaking any copyright issue because of that?
Or should I compose my own music and put it?
| copyright | I want to use Moonlight Sonata in my movie - Copyright Issues? |
49,996 | 1 | 2020-03-18T15:20:52.403 | -2 | 232 | 2020-03-19T10:25:42.203 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RJY7J.jpg)
I wanna know if this is correct or not, if someone can help please!
| contract-law | I wanna know if this is correct or not, if someone can help please! |
41,587 | 1 | 2019-05-30T23:17:58.720 | -3 | 128 | 2019-05-31T03:29:46.567 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | These A4 notices where covering every window of my car, 3 on windscreen, 2 back widow, 1 one each other, i believe a simple don't park would suffice, this was over kill, can I do anything
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/naNIb.png)
| criminal-law | I believe this is too much, covering ALL of my windows |
22,988 | 1 | 2017-09-30T11:44:59.807 | 2 | 117 | 2017-10-31T23:41:20.760 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | In the US, does a parent have any heightened duty of care to a grown child than that of an adult stranger to another adult?
| civil-law | Does a parent have any heightened duty of care to a grown child? |
23,418 | 1 | 2017-10-18T17:37:40.333 | -1 | 41 | 2017-10-18T18:20:21.590 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | If a comedian has a meltdown on stage & I Youtube that (just the meltdown, no material), can that comedian have said video pulled for copyright reasons?
| copyright | Comedian takes down meltdown video |
56,693 | 1 | 2020-09-26T22:06:38.070 | 2 | 86 | 2020-09-29T00:31:46.820 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A scenario: I am selling online software and I provide advanced features for premium members. As far as I understand I do not ship or deliver anything physically. I also do not ask customers for their address information and can accept any payment (e.g., bitcoin).
What sales tax do I charge if I do not know their cou... | tax-law | Destination-based sales tax collection. What if you do not know the destination's address? |
41,977 | 1 | 2019-06-11T03:19:28.487 | -2 | 56 | 2019-06-11T04:44:29.213 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Suppose I want to use some character from Disney for a website offering something not related with Disney business at all (for example a service for software developers).
Is this OK or Disney could sue me for that? (I know this is unlikely)
What could be the penalty for something like that?
Is there any case w... | trademark | Is Legal to use characters from movies/games without license in a non related business? |
30,603 | 1 | 2018-07-30T00:14:33.647 | 0 | 134 | 2018-07-30T02:45:09.070 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Recently i passed by a large local mosque. The mosque property was posted "No Gun Zone" at the property boundaries.
If a resident posted such signs on their property then missionaries, delivery people, etc could continue to come and knock on their door as has been common for ages.
Police offixers executing warrants... | privacy | No gun zone and knock and talk |
50,907 | 1 | 2020-04-22T09:16:03.330 | 0 | 94 | 2020-11-01T15:02:29.937 | 0 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm looking for examples of cases where there have been alleged miscarriages of justice, but subsequent research/appeals have turned up more evidence of *guilt* rather than *innocence*.
The only example I've found so far is that of James Hanratty, aka the A6 Murderer. Executed for murder in 1962, attracted a long run... | criminal-law | Alleged miscarriage of justice, later proven guilty |
4,923 | 1 | 2015-11-02T18:29:27.130 | 0 | 539 | 2015-11-02T22:24:55.177 | 2 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | What are unalienable rights? Surely, noone actually has these rights, correct?
>
> We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...
>
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| criminal-law | Unalienable Rights |
79,358 | 1 | 2022-04-14T17:06:02.350 | 1 | 75 | 2022-05-15T12:00:30.060 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I recently had to have dental implants. My dentist explained that I would need to see a dental surgeon to have the post done but he would be doing the remainder of the procedure. The same day my dentist told me this,I sat with his billing manager and asked how much MY responsibility for THEIR portion of the procedure w... | contract-law | Unexpected additional dental bill over double of estimate I received |
74,532 | 1 | 2021-11-14T18:47:00.497 | 8 | 3,731 | 2021-11-14T23:31:59.673 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Let's say I work as an employee at a company, and have a contract that states I must give a minimum of 1 month's notice in writing to resign.
In trying to be fair to my employer, and to give them additional time to hire a replacement, I give them 2 months notice in writing.
My employer then immediately terminates m... | employment | Is it legal to dismiss an employee for resigning? |
51,097 | 1 | 2020-04-29T07:08:14.370 | 1 | 26 | 2020-04-29T07:43:38.400 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | There was a strategy game where I and my friends played for several years. The original developers closed the game 3 years ago. We have asked them to open the source code when they did it but they did not reply. Their firm is liquidated now.
One of their previous domain names will expire in the next year. We have web... | internet | Reuse images from web archives |
57,193 | 1 | 2020-10-16T01:21:26.457 | 3 | 233 | 2021-04-21T22:58:23.883 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Suppose I make a video game which uses assets from another game. The assets are however not included, but rather obtained by loading them from the other game's install folder (the player needs to have bought and installed the other game too). My game is a fan-made sequel to the old game, which was discontinued.
No as... | copyright | Is loading assets from another game's install folder copyright infringement? |
16,985 | 1 | 2017-02-07T20:04:26.370 | 3 | 1,295 | 2017-02-10T00:32:43.263 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Follow on to [At what point and how should I change the license/Copyright notice when I create a derivative?](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/1121/at-what-point-and-how-should-i-change-the-license-copyright-notice-when-i-create).
When an author revises and publishes an updated version of her/his previously pu... | copyright | Changing Copyright date notice for a revised edition |
3,723 | 1 | 2015-09-16T21:47:28.867 | 4 | 218 | 2015-09-17T11:15:00.710 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | After years of complaining about the lack of care the landlord had for the property I was renting from them I finally got served an eviction notice.
I moved out, and 2 weeks later because of terms in the tenancy agreement I was still renting the property but there was a water leak from a bathroom pipe.
I was issued... | liability | Disputing Tenancy Deposit Scheme Adjudication Decisions |
17,332 | 1 | 2017-02-24T17:39:44.103 | 1 | 220 | 2017-02-24T18:55:45.127 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | [This article](http://www.mbbp.com/news/generic-trademark) (and my knowledge about trademarks) says Generic Names can't be trademarked. So my question is about the genericity of a name and the probability of getting it trademarked.
I own a generic domain name with `.com` since 2010 but lately found that another perso... | trademark | Can I get a generic name trademarked? |
46,729 | 1 | 2019-11-22T05:55:56.567 | 0 | 55 | 2019-11-22T11:51:28.100 | 0 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | My question is about video recordings. Who owns the right to a video recording? Is it the person recording or the person being recorded?
| copyright | who owns the copyright to someone giving a speech |
70,668 | 1 | 2021-08-10T21:55:36.040 | 0 | 63 | 2021-08-10T22:01:37.783 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Can a non-profit organization use a patent without paying a licensing fee if it makes no money on its own invention? Let's assume that the company designs a chip based on the x86 architecture and then makes the design open-source. Will the non-profit company have to pay Intel for using the x86 architecture or not? Assu... | intellectual-property | Can a non-profit organization use a patent without paying a licensing fee if it makes no money on its own invention? |
63,792 | 1 | 2021-04-03T21:45:42.480 | 1 | 177 | 2021-04-16T09:00:50.230 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | If you're planning the watch the movie [Honest Thief (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1838556/): **Spoilers ahead!**
The protagonist of the movie above is a thief who "robbed 12 banks in 7 [US] states" for "a little over 9 million dollars cash" during a period of "about 8 years" and wants to make a deal with the ... | criminal-law | Could the "Honest Thief"-deal be legally possible? |
64,440 | 1 | 2021-04-25T05:17:20.603 | 0 | 17 | 2021-04-25T05:17:20.603 | 0 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | My wife has recently started working as a floater pharmacist at one red-colored pharmacy chain in California. Just a side note, while my wife has worked there, she personally vaccinated more than 1000 people with Covid vaccines.
Her schedule is unpredictable and when the scheduler sends out a schedule for an upcoming... | employment | What are the existing regulations and laws about on-call shifts in retail industry in California? |
73,442 | 1 | 2021-10-05T16:20:58.787 | 5 | 91 | 2021-10-06T23:16:00.827 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Does the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (Queen's Bench Division) ever exercise original criminal jurisdiction in serious cases (eg, a terrorism trial) in modern times? Has it ever exercised such jurisdiction since its creation by the Judicature Acts?
**Please note I am asking about the High Court , not Hi... | criminal-law | Does the High Court ever exercise original criminal jurisdiction? |
60,346 | 1 | 2021-01-20T11:10:35.683 | -1 | 133 | 2021-01-20T11:22:34.317 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm a freelance programmer from Belgium and I have developed an application for an American client. We agreed on 800USD for the completed project. I finished the application and met all his requirements. We only had a verbal agreement about the project and we discussed payment dates for the project. I received 4 200USD... | civil-law | Client demanding refund |
9,360 | 1 | 2016-05-20T06:44:32.640 | 4 | 409 | 2016-05-26T14:55:27.667 | 3 | 3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Lot of companies in the world use Java including the company I work for. AFAIK there is no licensing deal and we use most of the Java packages for which Oracle sued Google. So can Oracle sue any company which is using Java and making profit? If not, then why only Google is being targeted?
| licensing | Oracle vs Google: Can Oracle sue any company who is using Java and making profit? |
7,619 | 1 | 2016-03-07T00:55:53.517 | 1 | 81 | 2016-03-07T01:23:11.770 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I'm just curious if there's ever been any case law on the kind of writs a court can write in reference to the 13th amendment?
As a layperson, it sure seems to me that ordering a company to develop a new piece of code (As opposed to merely handing over existing data), seems to fit my understanding of the term "involun... | constitutional-law | All Writs Act (Apple case) vs the 13th amendment? |
9,285 | 1 | 2016-05-16T22:20:10.187 | 2 | 1,728 | 2019-01-30T08:21:34.010 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | How can I lay a criminal complaint before the governmental prosecutor according to § 158 (Strafanzeige; Strafantrag) StPO? Need I follow a particular format? where do I send it? Can I submit an anonymous complaint, and if so does the prosecutor take those seriously?
I read the following tweet from Henry B. Poquelin\*... | criminal-law | How do I file a criminal complaint in Germany? |
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