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49,924 | 1 | 2020-03-15T22:59:26.673 | 0 | 100 | 2020-08-23T19:46:36.353 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Let's give this for an example:
Billy lives in Oregon. Somebody said something in a non-logged chat, and Billy wants to prove they said it. He adds a photo to his Google Drive without the person's consent and shares the link in the chat. Is this legal?
| internet | Are you Legally Allowed to add a Screenshot to Google Drive and Create a Sharing Link for Proof? |
3,974 | 1 | 2015-09-24T21:40:10.620 | 4 | 3,509 | 2015-09-25T01:33:51.930 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I run a publicly editable website where users can post up stories a various sort. Some are pretty normal, some are sexual, some are a bit perverted, and recently some have drifted into the pedophilia realm.
No images or videos can be uploaded to this site.
Are there any laws that I might be breaking by hosting this... | internet | Are there any laws in the US against pedophilia stories hosted on a website? |
23,239 | 1 | 2017-10-10T17:55:07.493 | 0 | 154 | 2017-10-11T15:08:10.667 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | A year ago I started working at a well known company and it turned out to be a lot worse than expected, so I'd like to leave ASAP since I already made plans for the future. As part of employment I was also given some money for relocation and other expenses.
For it, there is a sentence in my contract (last part short... | employment | Paying back relocation money and resignation |
30,739 | 1 | 2018-08-05T14:16:30.017 | 14 | 20,541 | 2018-08-06T23:01:59.430 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | We use the localStorage API to store information about the login data to keep the user logged in through various sessions (we do not store personal information), furthermore the localStorage data is not accessible by third-parties.
Should we show the banner asking for permission to use cookies (the legislation requir... | privacy | Do the GDPR and Cookie-Law regulations apply to localStorage? |
15,837 | 1 | 2016-12-15T14:03:10.433 | 0 | 43 | 2016-12-15T19:45:36.860 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | In a small business we have people who make orders over the phone (commonly known as card not present). Common practice is to directly input the details into the machine as the customer reads them out.
One of the chaps in the office is adamant that, they read out the details and I write them down and not input them ... | privacy | Is it legal to retain customer card details when making transactions over the phone (UK)? |
41,138 | 1 | 2019-05-17T16:26:28.083 | 1 | 187 | 2019-05-18T00:59:45.153 | 3 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A [recent answer](https://law.stackexchange.com/a/41091/104) had this law quote
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> shall not be liable for damages in any action brought in a Federal or State court
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I posted a comment
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> This statement is not accurate "t... | civil-law | Can I be sued if if the law says I am not liable? |
23,486 | 1 | 2017-10-22T16:51:14.657 | 0 | 27 | 2017-10-22T22:13:02.570 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | what is the protection requirement of Title VII of 1991 the plaintiff must follow to successfully file an action?
I already included the time limit .
| civil-law | Title VII of 1991 |
56,841 | 1 | 2020-10-02T19:45:48.997 | 0 | 48 | 2020-10-02T22:19:50.710 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | In New Hampshire law, RSA 631:4 makes "Criminal Threatening" a crime. The law begins:
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> A person is guilty of criminal threatening when: (a) By physical
> conduct, the person purposely places or attempts to place another in
> fear of imminent bodily injury or physical contact; or ... (etc)
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This seems l... | criminal-law | Is the New Hampshire version of a criminal threatening law defective? |
23,897 | 1 | 2017-11-08T06:50:32.230 | 4 | 1,147 | 2019-06-29T05:03:06.923 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I read this slightly [bizarre article](http://www.abc17news.com/news/two-convicted-felons-charged-after-touching-gun-in-gun-store/653184772) that says two convicted felons were charged after touching guns in a gun store.
Although the article is unclear on the meaning of touching, I'm going to assume the men had phys... | criminal-law | Convicted Felon - Touching a gun? |
47,694 | 1 | 2019-12-23T22:22:54.990 | 0 | 61 | 2019-12-23T22:27:30.753 | 0 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dear Law StackExchange community,
I'm attempting to get chat history removed with another party dating back a long time ago. I don't want the chats to remain existent on any device whatsoever, so I would like to have them removed based on the GDPR.
Is Facebook/WhatsApp legally obligated to remove the chat history o... | privacy | Is WhatsApp legally obligated to remove my chat on every device, based on the GDPR? |
27,817 | 1 | 2018-04-20T01:39:12.957 | 2 | 108 | 2018-04-20T21:05:00.833 | 3 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Scenario: I shop at a local retail store. While I am there, I notice that store staff have printed out and placed a long list of cleartext credentials for major internal and external business systems, in plain view of customers.
Question 1:
If I take a photo of this list, redact the business name/brand, all passwords... | civil-law | Am I required/permitted to disclose a security risk at a company I do not work for? |
46,378 | 1 | 2019-11-12T12:41:22.593 | 0 | 38 | 2019-11-12T17:54:16.147 | 0 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I want to use some of the information from one website, but that website has a copyright. The source of the information is under Open Government License"
I have a few questions regarding the licence
"Life in the United Kingdom: A Guide for New Residents (ISBN 978-0-11-341340-9)"
**That website has a policy:**
"A... | copyright | Can you copyright reproduced information by open government licence? |
4,010 | 1 | 2015-09-26T03:05:24.947 | 3 | 84 | 2015-09-26T13:27:52.210 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I know quite a number of people who do this, but I just want to know for sure. The blog is non-commercial and dedicated to a manga. It's for sharing and other fans to browse.
| copyright | Can I use a mangaka's work as my tumblr blog icon/background? |
58,673 | 1 | 2020-11-27T11:28:31.327 | 1 | 80 | 2020-11-27T13:20:58.823 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Im under the Indian jurisprudence and this is what the Indian Information Act of 2000/66F says on the matter,
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> Indian Information Act 2000/66F
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> Punishment for cyber terrorism.– Whoever,– with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India or to strike terror in the peop... | internet | Is using proxies to circumvent rate limit to scrape data legal? |
19,551 | 1 | 2017-06-12T22:48:51.757 | -1 | 46 | 2017-06-13T02:58:43.967 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Are there any legal ramifications to an employee reading the direct messages of another employee, whether the reading employee is logging in with another users credentials or not (reading over the shoulder, etc), especially then acting on the information included in those messages?
| internet | Legality of reading others direct messages |
49,047 | 1 | 2020-02-13T01:40:41.527 | 1 | 34 | 2020-02-13T01:40:41.527 | 0 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Theoretical: I wish to import and sell wall chargers in the USA.
I realize it is a good idea to get a safety certificate that signifies my product meets national safety standards to avoid being sued.
However, my question is whether it is legal to sell them without a safety certificate (ETL, UL, etc).
| business | Is ETL or UL necessary to retail AC chargers? |
38,058 | 1 | 2019-03-12T15:44:29.260 | 2 | 96 | 2019-03-12T16:24:32.127 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | My ex sent me a check for part of health insurance for children. After it did not come, over 2 weeks, I reached out and told him I had not received the check. He went to the post office, the mail clerks let him go through my mail and take a picture of the envelop that came from him. It was conveniently on top of the pi... | criminal-law | Photographing my mail and giving to my ex |
817 | 1 | 2015-06-28T20:49:59.793 | 7 | 174 | 2015-08-23T21:08:14.897 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | In copyright case law, what roles do *process* versus *output* play in determining infringement via creation of a similar work. By *process* I mean, "How much access did the creator of the new work have to the putative base work?" By *output* I mean, "How similar, textually, is the new work to the older work?"
I am p... | copyright | What considerations determine copyright infringement? |
53,223 | 1 | 2020-07-14T14:50:58.520 | 0 | 51 | 2020-08-13T17:04:20.420 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I've got a wordmark in an EU country, which is the name of my company. Someone else applied a logo as a figurative mark which contains their company name, in another EU country. Their company name is exactly the same as mine.
Both marks are national trademarks.
Both companies have exactly the same activities.
They ap... | trademark | Can the owner of a national trademark oppose the application of a trademark in another country when both are in the EU? |
14,186 | 1 | 2016-09-24T02:10:43.050 | 0 | 126 | 2017-05-26T23:29:27.973 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Is it legal to use someone else's modeling techniques and/or art style?
Specifically I'm talking about a popular MMD modeler known as TDA, to create his characters he uses big eyelashes, colorful textures, etc, I create a model of my own using the same techniques, art style and similar proportions but I used those to... | copyright | Copyright question on character model techniques and style |
8,624 | 1 | 2016-04-18T08:03:17.057 | 0 | 1,916 | 2016-04-18T23:10:44.287 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I have seen an book [Chemistry Essential for Dummies](http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/JeffersonCountySchools/JeffersonCountySchools/Departments/DocumentsSubCategories/Documents/Chemistry%20Essentials%20-%20The%20Most%20Basic%20Guide.pdf) on web which says that
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> No part of this publication may be reproduced, stor... | copyright | Section 107 and 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act |
7,409 | 1 | 2016-02-27T02:34:25.273 | 0 | 96 | 2016-02-27T03:52:21.730 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Today I was leaving a large commercial building (~15 stories) and walked straight into the glass surrounding a revolving door, thinking that the opening was not so narrow.
I went to the security desk and asked to use the bathroom to clean myself up. The person I talked to gave me some bandages and let me use the bat... | liability | I hit my head leaving a large commercial building and the security guards asked for my ID, phone number, and email - why? |
45,640 | 1 | 2019-10-18T17:23:05.127 | -3 | 120 | 2019-10-19T11:10:50.690 | 1 | 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I applied for a position as an independent contractor with a well-known tutoring company. Using their platform would have been an excellent opportunity for me.
Unfortunately, my application was denied without any reasonable explanation or additional details on their part. I'm a highly qualified ACT tutor who scored i... | employment | Can carelessness and lack of consistency in the hiring process be considered a form of discrimination? |
16,121 | 1 | 2016-12-31T16:48:25.887 | 3 | 153 | 2016-12-31T18:03:47.093 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I work for a company in the UK and my employment contract states that I must not discuss my salary with colleagues. I know that this is illegal in the USA but cant find any information about in the UK
Are there any laws in the UK that relate to this??
| employment | Employment contract prohibiting salary discussion in the UK? |
45,198 | 1 | 2019-10-02T15:44:48.113 | 1 | 132 | 2019-10-02T16:03:06.953 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Normally DVD movies involve a license with rights to the actresses and other people.
In the late 80s a license was heavily protected mostly by stakeholders like Brazzers. So I bought a porn movie for $22.99 can i now sell it for $3?
| copyright | Selling old DVD-burned porno movies for less |
24,508 | 1 | 2017-12-01T19:11:15.717 | 0 | 102 | 2018-12-13T01:32:27.980 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | In a recent [article](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/trumps-ex-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn-charged-with-lying-to-fbi) in the Guardian:
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> After months of silence and invisibility, Flynn walked into a federal courthouse in Washington DC on Friday morning and pleaded guilty to one count ... | constitutional-law | What are the possible punitive actions that Michael Flynn faces as he pleads guilty to one charge of lying to the FBI? |
52,555 | 1 | 2020-06-20T18:16:13.983 | 0 | 58 | 2020-06-20T19:08:34.530 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A museum has a very famous painting that is familiar to people across America. However, the museum says it owns the copyright, and you can't display pictures of the painting without paying a fee.
But someone takes a photograph of the painting and makes it available on Flickr with a Creative Commons license that allow... | copyright | Copyright status of photo of copyrighted painting |
26,821 | 1 | 2018-03-13T01:29:18.537 | 2 | 45 | 2018-06-08T05:36:37.070 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am looking specifically for how the U.S. taxes businesses that originate from another country, but are doing business within the U.S., with or without operations taking place at a permanent address in the U.S. The source for this information should preferably be a .gov website.
| tax-law | How are businesses based outside, but doing business inside of the US taxed? |
38,724 | 1 | 2019-04-02T23:20:05.157 | 3 | 194 | 2019-04-04T15:09:46.447 | 3 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | The book is *On growth and forms* by D'arcy Thompson. It was published in 1942 and Thompson died in 1948. Wikipedia uses the image citing public domain. Can I use extracts and images from the book with proper citation without the problem?
The image I want is Fig. 125 on [this page.](https://archive.org/details/ongrow... | copyright | Do I need permission to use an image from a book from 1942? |
44,249 | 1 | 2019-08-29T21:05:49.473 | 4 | 167 | 2019-08-31T14:40:21.183 | 3 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | As it stands the UK implements an EU law which prevents the reverse engineering of proprietary software with few exceptions, could this change once we leave the EU?
| intellectual-property | If a no-deal Brexit happens will EU provisions on reverse engineering be nullified? |
51,396 | 1 | 2020-05-10T03:25:26.927 | -1 | 73 | 2020-05-10T11:07:35.713 | 1 | 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have A bill of sale signed by me(buyer) and grandfather(seller) it is a document I printed with terms that I was purchasing farm equipment as is in the current condition with equipment model and serial numbers on it. We both signed and put are current address on the bill of sale. Now 6 years later he is diagnosed wit... | contract-law | Family won’t let me have farm equipment I have a Bill of sale on |
16,908 | 1 | 2017-02-04T13:34:13.210 | 0 | 55 | 2017-02-05T00:06:24.797 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Been thinking about this for a while: Suppose a company is hacked and maybe a lot of customer **sensitive or financial data** is stolen by the hackers. Who is legally liable for any damages?
* Is it the Company itself,
* The software developers in case they had some sort of security software they where using and it d... | liability | Who is liable in case of a cybersecurity breach? |
31,649 | 1 | 2018-09-11T09:53:47.390 | -2 | 160 | 2021-02-07T00:10:44.523 | 1 | 12 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am making a software which would do gridcomputing (i.e combine many computers processes to speed up a Function/App/Computer) I would post it online like a virus and spread to computers. This software will not take any of data. Delete it. Use it. It will only use a little bit of internet and 10MB of RAM.
| software | Is it illegal to post a software without permission? |
24,338 | 1 | 2017-11-23T10:28:58.430 | 0 | 101 | 2017-11-23T11:19:20.100 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I have read many articles about GPL because many libraries are using it and I use some of them inside a personal application I made.
After testing my application I am thinking of making it public.
It`s free of charge (freeware) and the problem is that I use a library as an external executable that is run by my applic... | licensing | GPL License guide |
17,925 | 1 | 2017-03-22T23:36:01.980 | 1 | 247 | 2017-03-23T02:36:18.390 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | This is a cross-post, originally posted in [Webmasters.Stackexchange.com](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/104798/necessity-of-collecting-ssns-for-1099s-re-affiliate-programs?noredirect=1#comment133111_104798) but it was suggested I post here instead:
My question is basically this: I have an idea for a ... | tax-law | necessity of collecting SSN's for 1099's (re Affiliate programs) |
52,136 | 1 | 2020-06-06T17:58:17.067 | -1 | 653 | 2020-06-08T07:23:24.220 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am planning on building app/website where I will display football player names, their teams, and stats about them(goals, assistances, etc..) Is this legal or I need a license. Also I will use profile photos for each player. Can I also use team logos to refer where the players are ?
I saw a post that said that facts... | copyright | Can I use football player names, team names, stats... in my app/website? |
27,108 | 1 | 2018-03-24T23:42:46.063 | 1 | 510 | 2021-01-24T00:50:26.923 | 4 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | About a week ago a girl was shot in a Maryland school. Soon after that, a police officer shot and killed the gunman. The girl was critically injured, and on life support. After a few days, the family decided to take her off life support and she died soon after. Suppose the killer didn't die. What crime would the killer... | criminal-law | Shooting victim taken off life support. What crime would be charged? |
74,602 | 1 | 2021-11-16T15:29:55.833 | 0 | 31 | 2021-11-16T16:44:53.340 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Please answer my question. I am unable to understand what is wrong or what is right. Please guide me in a simple way please follow my title what I am trying to ask.
| copyright | Can I use youtube transcript data in my blog? Or do I have to make some changes before any blog post? |
47,550 | 1 | 2019-12-18T17:41:36.493 | 6 | 1,951 | 2019-12-23T20:58:26.323 | 1 | 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Does California’s [AB5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assembly_Bill_5_(2019)) affect freelance software developers? If they own their own company (registered as Inc.) then they obviously are not looking to become an employee. They started their company to have autonomy and deliver work as they see fit. Does ... | software | California’s AB5 and freelance software development |
56,540 | 1 | 2020-09-22T17:14:55.863 | 0 | 54 | 2021-02-19T18:06:30.670 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | As per title, 50% of the budget for my salary is missing due to an employer-sponsor misunderstanding. The sponsor is giving 0.5 full time expecting that my employer would take care of the rest. On the other hand, my employer was expecting full time budget from this sponsor. My contract does not mention where the budget... | contract-law | Missing budget due to employer-sponsor misunderstanding: is that breach of contract? |
51,017 | 1 | 2020-04-26T10:33:32.020 | 0 | 50 | 2020-04-26T13:12:59.363 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | What does `BY` refer to in the context of this license name please: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>
I'm sure it's something really obvious that I'm missing.
| copyright | What does the BY in CC BY and CC BY-SA etc mean? |
52,773 | 1 | 2020-06-27T17:01:49.090 | 1 | 80 | 2020-06-27T20:31:47.967 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Is it legal to use a name for a company that uses part, or all, of another trademarked name in it?
For example, if I was creating a company that uses Google's software, could I name my company Googley Eyes, LLC? Does the answer depend on whether the name is "Googley" vs "Googly"?
I found [this question](https://law... | trademark | Is it legal to use a name for a company that uses part, or all, of another trademarked name in it? |
27,737 | 1 | 2018-04-17T21:14:30.863 | 3 | 236 | 2018-04-17T22:36:08.170 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | My boss has moved me onto the payroll for one of his other companies and I am trying to find out if I need a new employment contract.
I was employed for a new start-up of his which did not work out and he has since moved me to the payroll for one of his other companies that I had been doing some work for and am now f... | employment | My employer moved me onto a new payroll. Do I need a new employment contract? |
10,821 | 1 | 2016-06-08T08:29:02.080 | 0 | 132 | 2016-06-09T00:42:27.253 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | The Tour de France makes it quite difficult to get good map data about their stages. They publish some low-res images (possibly for purchase by media, I'm unsure). There is no modern 'navigable' map, like Google Maps.
If I can see the route on the maps they've published, does making a new map displaying the route in... | copyright | Is it possible for somebody to copyright a route on a map? |
33,312 | 1 | 2018-11-08T22:14:29.810 | 1 | 220 | 2018-11-08T22:39:47.867 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | <https://nypost.com/2017/11/28/mom-faces-jail-for-secretly-recording-daughters-bullies/>
In this case, some kid bully another. I am not sure if bullying is a crime or not. It seems that some violence is involved. I think we have a crime for that, called battery or something.
Yet, despite the complain of the mom, no... | criminal-law | Why did the DA choose to prosecute the mother instead of the bully? |
26,545 | 1 | 2018-03-04T14:18:19.320 | 1 | 1,211 | 2020-10-16T16:50:53.647 | 3 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Can two companies that are offering the same services in Benelux have similar company names?
Both company names have been registered with www.BOIP.
| trademark | Can two companies have names that are similar in EU? |
74,270 | 1 | 2021-11-05T14:45:36.523 | 1 | 80 | 2021-11-05T19:49:19.900 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Suppose that an artist wants to sell arts/paintings on sites like Etsy. Suppose that the intended paintings are stylized paintings of popular celebs.
Would doing so be an infringement of copyright? What legal issues might be involved?
| copyright | Is making and selling paintings of celebrities copyright infringement? |
63,900 | 1 | 2021-04-07T22:39:24.163 | 2 | 200 | 2021-04-08T21:49:58.267 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm writing an article about the misuse of statistics in the courtroom. Of course one can not have this conversation without mentioning of the so-called "[Prosecutor's fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor%27s_fallacy)". Most of the examples of this date back to the late-90s/early 2000s e.g Sally Clark, Ang... | criminal-law | Is the prosecutor's fallacy still an issue in cases today? |
33,712 | 1 | 2018-11-21T18:43:30.230 | 3 | 405 | 2018-11-26T17:44:43.470 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | In the following, all parties live and all actions are taken entirely within the United States.
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> Let us say that a person (Bob) has purchased a book from the book
> store. Bob likes the book enough to give one or more copies to
> friends. Bob does not want to part with his own copy, and Bob does not
> want to... | copyright | Is it unlawful to receive a photocopied book? |
47,788 | 1 | 2019-12-29T02:03:59.257 | 1 | 137 | 2020-01-08T18:44:45.097 | 2 | 9 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Isn't all fraud technically criminal, and whatever you can sue for civil fraud could also be sued by the government as criminal fraud? Is it just a matter of whatever the government decides to prosecute?
What I am asking is, isn't all fraud illegal? Regardless of whether it is prosecuted or who.
Just answering the ... | criminal-law | Isn't all fraud criminal? |
51,335 | 1 | 2020-05-07T11:53:22.387 | -3 | 192 | 2020-05-08T09:05:09.110 | 2 | 5 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am in the process of creating an online version of a popular board game. The rules of the game are taken from a version in a particular language.
The game would be completely free to play and all of the graphical components were produced independently (although very similar to the original ones).
The name of my g... | copyright | Online version of the "Risk" board game |
41,567 | 1 | 2019-05-30T06:40:45.563 | 2 | 88 | 2019-05-30T22:40:38.143 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have made a scoring calculator in Excel from a copyright protected test/questionnaire that have 12 items with respective scores. In my Excel application I have included the names of the test items, e.g. 1) Depression, 2) Anxiety 3) Psychosis etc. All respective items are scored 0-3 points, I have created a simple sum... | copyright | Is it legal to create scoring program in Excel of a copyright protected questionnaire? |
75,294 | 1 | 2021-12-14T00:22:32.343 | 2 | 98 | 2021-12-14T02:21:23.963 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I've seen several fictional situations where a District Attorney agrees to not prosecute various crimes committed by a kidnapper while conducting hostage negotiations.
Would an agreement made by a DA in furtherance of obtaining the safe release of hostages be enforceable?
| criminal-law | Is the DA bound by agreements made during hostage negotiations? |
13,342 | 1 | 2016-08-13T15:49:22.097 | 4 | 339 | 2016-08-13T16:22:54.197 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Am I allowed to lowercase an ALL CAPS section in a license?
Example:
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> The MIT License (MIT)
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> Copyright (c) 2015 Andrej Karpathy
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> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
> a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
> "Software"), to deal in the ... | licensing | Am I allowed to lowercase an ALL CAPS section in a license? |
78,927 | 1 | 2022-03-28T22:04:47.900 | 0 | 30 | 2022-03-28T23:56:20.250 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am embarking on a possible EU-funded cooperation project to develop a platform, with other organizations. The development of the code will be shared.
I am writing this application with my startup, to create a platform for impact in the cultural field. As such, I have specified to the organizations that the startup ... | software | Software copyright in a collaboration project for startup development |
23,682 | 1 | 2017-10-31T02:27:33.200 | 0 | 18 | 2017-10-31T02:27:33.200 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Is there a comprehensive list of licenses freely available on the web? It should include both copyleft and copyright licenses.
A link to the webpage and description would be very helpful.
| licensing | Is there a comprehensive list of licenses on the web? |
42,334 | 1 | 2019-06-22T18:46:05.287 | 2 | 112 | 2019-06-23T01:22:43.960 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | When an image has different copyright licenses, which one should I follow?
For example, [this image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_of_the_Week_-_Seal_pup_at_Back_Bay_National_Wildlife_Refuge,_VA_(5343673024).jpg) is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 and in public domain.
Under CC2.0, th... | copyright | Two copyright for the same image |
11,372 | 1 | 2016-07-04T14:24:55.563 | 0 | 116 | 2016-07-04T18:56:59.473 | 1 | 11 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Both the original (Roy Orbison) version and the Two Live Crew version began, ["Pretty woman walking down the street..."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc.) Was this seen as copying under the "five word" plagiarism rule?
According to the Supreme Court, the Two Live Crew version veered sh... | copyright | Explanation of the key elements of the Supreme Court "Pretty Woman" Parody Case? |
29,485 | 1 | 2018-06-13T19:58:53.570 | 0 | 48 | 2018-06-13T21:23:21.313 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I’ve already signed documents related to a house closing ( im the seller). I’ve deposited and spent most of the check. The realtor called me and said they wrote the wrong amount for the realtor commission. Now they want me to write a check to correct their error. Is it as simple as writing a check or will the contract ... | contract | House Contract law |
572 | 1 | 2015-06-14T19:24:31.130 | 1 | 1,096 | 2020-06-25T16:43:21.437 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I want to purchase a domain: curion.com
It is unavailable because it is held by godaddy (as shown on whois.net)
Question is, Can a web hosting company hoard a domain name to itself. Is it even allowed? The domain doesnt function either.
How do I legally pursue this matter? What is the law?
Whois details:... | internet | GoDaddy hoarding domains. What is my legal recourse? |
4,483 | 1 | 2015-10-15T16:32:22.497 | 50 | 10,903 | 2017-03-01T10:27:30.950 | 4 | 13 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Moved from [WorkplaceSE](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/55998/can-an-employer-withhold-pay-for-a-fire-drill?noredirect=1#comment144348_55998).
Recently there was a routine fire drill in an office building. As with most fire drills, it took about half an hour for the fire drill to complete and for ever... | employment | Can an employer withhold pay for a fire drill? |
80,466 | 1 | 2022-05-23T11:48:04.530 | 0 | 29 | 2022-05-23T11:48:20.600 | 0 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | context: Peter is on vacation. He wants to have a whole body picture of him with the surroundings. He asks a stranger to take a picture of Peter with a Peter's camera. Who owns the copyright to that photo? Peter or the stranger? Thank you.
| copyright | photo copyright owner |
21,897 | 1 | 2017-08-11T03:38:48.700 | 0 | 57 | 2017-09-10T19:54:07.363 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am planning to write a novel in which the name of one of my character is Agent X but I found out that it has been used as a name of a TV serial.
| trademark | Can I use the name of a TV serial / movie for my novel |
29,582 | 1 | 2018-06-17T20:14:07.493 | 1 | 61 | 2018-06-17T20:31:29.290 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am working on a PC game that I intend of selling at some point in the future. The story of the game is revolving around a tribe that used to live in Europe. The name of the tribe is quite popular today and there is even a region with the same name in Greece today. I would like to know if it is legal to use names like... | copyright | Copyright of country/region names for fiction |
58,067 | 1 | 2020-11-14T00:17:11.327 | 2 | 157 | 2022-02-01T18:05:50.653 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | There's this program from a few years ago that isn't being sold anymore, and there's a simple way to extend the free trial forever by changing the expiration date in a text file.
I was wondering if it would be problematic to write and publish a guide on my website detailing how to use this exploit, since I am not dis... | software | Is telling others how to crack software illegal? |
3,554 | 1 | 2015-09-10T20:26:09.890 | 4 | 320 | 2021-03-14T18:45:42.610 | 2 | 9 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Let's say I want to assess how comfortable a candidate is with casual conversation, and if he would fit into our business culture. If I ask a question like "What kind of music do you like?", is that legal? The question is definitely not relevant to essential job functions, but based on how he answers I can assess how w... | employment | Are all interview questions that don't apply to essential functions illegal? |
6,502 | 1 | 2016-01-19T23:15:13.023 | 11 | 2,734 | 2016-01-20T07:31:13.053 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | From my understanding, all calls to 911 in the United States are recorded. How does 911 legally record calls in states where consent to record is required?
From [Reporter's Recording Guide](http://www.rcfp.org/reporters-recording-guide):
[](https:/... | privacy | How does 911 legally record calls? |
57,623 | 1 | 2020-10-31T09:17:07.780 | -3 | 73 | 2020-10-31T23:09:28.413 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Today I learned that the TV licence in the UK is required to:
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> watch or record programmes as they’re being shown on TV, on any
> channel
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[Source](https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one?&&WT.mc_id=mec_Search_Brand&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvT8BRDeARIsAACRFiUnMBxfrZeVMCp-gRvLec4xnADngSvgAfBE5fjNimNR_D... | licensing | Why do I need a TV licence to watch non BBC services? |
4,253 | 1 | 2015-10-05T19:20:43.693 | 5 | 719 | 2016-07-21T19:05:44.343 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Scrolling about one day I noticed some text beneath the header of the YouTube page:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bbIqn.png)
When I release the scroll, the underlay of the page returns to normal and the text is hidden once more.
Are they legally required ... | internet | Why does YouTube hide "Ad displayed" or "Ad can be skipped messages" under the header? |
18,058 | 1 | 2017-03-29T23:30:50.923 | 1 | 165 | 2017-03-31T23:59:56.893 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | In the United States, how egregious does an employee’s actions need to be to override [Respondent superior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respondeat_superior)/[Vicarious liability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_liability) and hold the company blameless?
A hypothetical example: Bob is a full-time employee of... | liability | Is a company liable if an employee intentionally ignores company procedures? |
76,771 | 1 | 2022-01-05T06:42:41.573 | 1 | 35 | 2022-01-05T10:16:38.750 | 0 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | From my understanding, FBAR is meant to track how much money US citizens hold outside of the US.
Let's say that on June 2020 I had $10,000 (the minimum for FBAR reporting) in my account in the bank of London. Then in July 2020 I moved to Paris and transferred $10,000 to my account in the bank of Paris while closing m... | tax-law | When filing an FBAR after transferring all of your money from one bank to another, should the "Maximum account value" be written for both accounts? |
5,020 | 1 | 2015-11-05T11:19:56.307 | 1 | 29 | 2015-11-05T14:15:18.070 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Where can one check that the agreement made and sent to any client by a stock broker genuine and legal?
| contract | Stock Broker Company Agreement |
52,581 | 1 | 2020-06-22T01:08:36.497 | 0 | 58 | 2020-07-23T05:52:15.507 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have been [told](https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2018/10/united-states-indirect-tax-guide.html), that an overseas company selling in USA need to collect consumption tax and pay it back to US. However, our company is going to charge our customers in Australian dollars. Thus, to lodge a tax report in US we [must]... | tax-law | How to calculate currency conversion for USA consumption tax (sales tax) reporting |
25,672 | 1 | 2018-01-27T10:55:20.783 | 5 | 403 | 2018-02-01T22:43:02.910 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Metric compatible fonts (typically open-source) copy certain metrics from a (typically copyrighted) "source font". "Advance width" at least, and maybe other metrics (I have seen discussions of copying kerning data). Why is this not copyright infringement? Presumably the designer of a metric compatible font is not print... | copyright | Why are Metric Compatible fonts not copyright infringement? |
76,998 | 1 | 2022-01-14T17:18:40.170 | 3 | 67 | 2022-01-15T01:11:23.297 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I'm wondering what trouble a game developer could get into with making references to other things that served to inspire the dev. Suppose the dev plans to sell the game; would such references possibly cause issues later down the line
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I refer tpo references such as, for example:
* drinking bird (*Alien* movi... | copyright | I'm working on a game and want to reference some other games and movies. How much trouble could I get in with the examples below? |
1,172 | 1 | 2015-07-18T00:56:30.997 | 1 | 154 | 2015-07-28T12:50:41.403 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I found this on [Amazon TOS](http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=508088):
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> ... You may not incorporate any portion of the Amazon Software into your own programs or compile any portion of it in combination with your own programs ..
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>
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Now I'm wondering [what this company is doing]... | contract-law | What am I allowed to do according to Amazon TOS? |
502 | 1 | 2015-06-10T19:42:33.627 | 8 | 2,181 | 2015-06-11T20:22:31.183 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Can someone who discovered a [zero-day exploit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_%28computing%29) in a program sell the information, and does the applicable jurisdiction depend on his location, the buyer location, the location of the developed of the product that the exploit targets, or something else?
| software | Is it legal to sell zero-day exploits? |
42,302 | 1 | 2019-06-21T19:12:15.270 | 3 | 63 | 2019-06-21T22:58:57.617 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | What is the legal basis for the prosecution to use ones private journal against them in the court of law.
If so why is this not a violation of the right not to testify against oneself.
If i have this wrong point it out.
to clarify, in state and federal proceedings.
| constitutional-law | Could using Private Journals be a violiation if used against someone in the court of law? |
51,198 | 1 | 2020-05-02T10:14:12.087 | 3 | 156 | 2020-05-02T13:30:34.237 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Now, our state is in war zone and people are dying daily because of war. Government and Arakan Army are fighting with heavy weapons. No Journalist are allowed to enters, we have 17 divisions in our state and only 3 divisions access internet and telephone. Government cut off those. So, here is my question.
There are s... | internet | What should I do if facebook ignore fake news? |
58,514 | 1 | 2020-11-24T00:44:19.210 | 0 | 38 | 2020-11-24T00:48:32.057 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | There is a contract with four preconditions, of which the failure of any ONE is sufficient to void the contract.
Clearing the four preconditions requires the execution of ten documents, involving the actions/signatures of ten people. In theory, this could mean up to 100 executions, although it's more like 60-70, beca... | contract-law | How do lawyers determine when the preconditions for a contract have been met? |
802 | 1 | 2015-06-27T22:39:49.560 | 2 | 67 | 2015-07-27T22:52:56.917 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | If Chinese company ABC has an established brand for their product, "The Widget", and American company XYZ makes an add-on or modification for that product and sells said add-on as "The Widget Improver", with or without reference to ABC, is there copyright implications?
I felt XYZ was enhancing and benefiting ABC, but... | copyright | Copyright implications for developing/marketing a 3rd party accessory? |
8,987 | 1 | 2016-05-03T09:07:30.270 | 3 | 1,875 | 2018-10-19T12:03:28.403 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | NY/USA here if jurisdiction matters.
I am employed full-time and am salaried. I have an at-will employment with no special contractual constraints with my employer. Can I lawfully be fired for simply "*not being a good fit*"? What does the employer have to prove to claim this?
| employment | Can one be fired for "not being a good fit"? |
58,631 | 1 | 2020-11-26T10:10:37.963 | -3 | 752 | 2020-12-31T00:43:11.250 | 3 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | If a second contract is signed after a prior one and they fully conflict going against fully being each other and there is no mention done of which contract mainly overrides being the other then in the given being situation which given prevails actually?
**Content before last given editm :**
Let us say A ... | contract-law | Do newer contracts supersede prior ones? |
42,298 | 1 | 2019-06-21T11:35:09.783 | 2 | 104 | 2019-06-21T14:08:09.540 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | To clarify the title, here is an example:
1. Alice wants to sign up to online store Nile.com
2. Alice enters the email `bob@mailprovider.com` by accident
3. Nile.com does **not** send a verification that Alice has to complete but directly accepts the registration and the email
4. Alice orders stuff from Nile.com
5. B... | privacy | Legal sending personal information to a third party if the user supplied incorrect contact information? |
58,757 | 1 | 2020-11-30T03:15:21.727 | 0 | 106 | 2020-11-30T19:48:15.240 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Some background first:
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When I was in college for engineering, the student-run IT department in the general dorm absolutely insisted on seeing every device on the network, and all the traffic too, to the point of banning even "dumb switches" (which are still smart enough to figure out which port... | copyright | Who would have been guilty of what in this scenario? |
44,769 | 1 | 2019-09-17T05:19:55.243 | 0 | 100 | 2019-09-20T12:56:03.443 | 1 | 6 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Q re U.S. Copyright registration:
I understand that by leaving blank the space asking for an author's (legal) name but indicating the author's pseudonym that the two names won't be linked and thus the correlation will not be made publicly available online or otherwise. That's what I understand.
I also understand th... | copyright | Legal Name and/or Pseudonym and Record Keeping |
54,862 | 1 | 2020-08-01T19:00:53.403 | 2 | 169 | 2020-08-01T19:35:08.263 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Whats happening?
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Recently, the Trump administration has announced their intention to ban the popular social media application TikTok. The Trump administration claims this is on the grounds of national security, accusing TikTok of being an agent of the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok denies these clai... | internet | How will Trump ban TikTok? And are there any restrictions on these mechanisms being arbitrarily applied to other companies? |
55,956 | 1 | 2020-09-03T00:50:37.323 | 0 | 352 | 2021-07-25T19:01:10.120 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Bing shows Youtube videos directly on its own page instead of sending the traffic to Youtube. How do they get away with copyright etc? Do you have legal support by only writing who uploaded it and linking to the source?
I assume that Bing is a competing business to Youtube and if Youtube could have, they would have f... | copyright | How does Bing get away with showing Youtube videos on its own site? |
61,995 | 1 | 2021-03-12T13:53:11.330 | -2 | 79 | 2021-03-12T16:54:48.590 | 1 | 8 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | **Can a person be convicted in their home country A for something that is considered a crime in country B (but not a crime in A)?**
Take for example something less extreme like, reputational damage of a company, not something like murder, which international police would deal with. The action itself is not considered... | business | Can a person be convicted in their home country A for something that is considered a crime in country B (but not a crime in A)? |
9,570 | 1 | 2016-05-30T01:58:43.257 | 1 | 139 | 2016-05-30T05:55:21.400 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Say I pose as another person on social media and use their name, photos, etc.
Given that it's just a mock-up account and it's not used solely for criminal activity or among other means to harm or damage the person in question, would mimicking their profiles alone be illegal?
Is posing as another person illegal if a... | criminal-law | Posing as another living person on social media -- illegal or no? |
28,467 | 1 | 2018-05-14T05:06:52.687 | 1 | 135 | 2019-10-28T02:09:41.427 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | **[Russian firm charged in election interference case pleads not guilty](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/09/concord-management-arraignment-russia-investigation/594454002/)** (USA TODAY)
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> Mueller's office charged in February that 13 Russian nationals and three businesses sought to meddle in the electi... | criminal-law | Russian firm charged in election interference case pleads not guilty - "speedy trial"? |
1,347 | 1 | 2015-07-24T23:42:10.927 | 13 | 9,393 | 2017-04-03T17:36:17.433 | 3 | 9 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | So, this might sound like an odd question, but at a very simple ethical level there is a clear problem with using an adblocker. There is, after all, a very clear understanding that ad providers are paying them for your access to the content or put differently: You pay for the content by watching those ads (of which sel... | internet | Is it illegal/unlawful to use an adblocker? |
37,795 | 1 | 2019-03-02T23:11:40.490 | 1 | 246 | 2019-03-03T00:20:14.960 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | This is the situation: I have a booklet that contains sketches (2D drawings) of human teeth. I would like to use them as reference materials to build 3D models (using blender) and publish the models on Sketchfab and a mobile App.
I'm not sure about it since I see people, for example, making car models and selling it ... | copyright | Will I need permission from the work owner of a 2D sketch to make it a 3D model? |
32,244 | 1 | 2018-10-04T04:35:41.577 | 1 | 66 | 2018-10-04T07:30:59.283 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I live in a mobile home park in California. Recently, the park announced that our TV service will be provided by the park and instead of paying the TV provider, we will be paying the park directly.
[CA Civ Code S. 798.25(e)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=79... | civil-law | Mobile home park in California charging extra fees for television service |
29,185 | 1 | 2018-06-03T15:55:02.233 | 3 | 147 | 2021-04-02T02:05:30.547 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I want to know if it's legal to crawl some websites, let's say cnn.com and bbc.com, and display the title, descripton, the image, as well the link to redirect to the actual link for the news?
| copyright | Is it legal to crawl news from any website, maintaining a link to their news? |
23,702 | 1 | 2017-11-01T01:28:57.653 | 1 | 137 | 2017-11-02T00:54:31.387 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I plan on starting my second company as a corporation and filing as an S-Corp. Would my new business name still be
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> Business Name Corporation
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or is a different form used?
| business | Do S-Corps and C-Corps both end their business names in "Corp"? |
14,407 | 1 | 2016-10-04T15:16:19.763 | 0 | 38 | 2016-12-04T04:56:58.007 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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> In this Act, 'industry' includes establishment, undertaking, work, trade, business and any other workplace;
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As a non English native speaker, sadly, I can't gasp the differences of the meanings of the words completely. Help me.
| employment | The differences : 'industry' includes establishment, undertaking, work, trade, business and any other workplace; |
37,891 | 1 | 2019-03-06T13:35:13.090 | 0 | 53 | 2019-03-06T16:29:36.057 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have taken a book from my university's library and it states in the second page :
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> The law of March 11, 1957 authorizes only "copies or reproductions strictly reserved for the private use of the copier and not intended for collective use".
> Any representation or reproduction, in whole or in part, made withou... | copyright | Capturing photos of a book |
18,422 | 1 | 2017-04-15T03:32:41.640 | 2 | 200 | 2021-10-02T06:08:20.313 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Canada's constitution is not a single document, but [many documents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_constitutional_documents) passed over time.
Is there existing case law as to whether parts of an older constitutional document can be found unconstitutional in light of newer constitutional documents?
... | constitutional-law | Can older parts of Canada's constitution be found unconstitutional? |
49,149 | 1 | 2020-02-17T23:42:26.287 | -1 | 62 | 2020-02-18T17:08:25.960 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Do the two that-clauses below bewilder you too? How can they be rewritten more basically?
1. 1 flummoxes me as it contains 2 "opinion"s. But I grasp that "opinion is held on reasonable grounds" modifies, and thus is the, "false statement of fact".
2. 2 flummoxes me as it contains 2 "intention"s. I grasp that
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>... | contract-law | "Intention that implies false statement of fact that", "Opinion that implies false statement of fact that" |
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