Questions tagged [internet]
For questions about the internet. Please ensure a tag for the jurisdiction is also included. This tag should not be used when the question does not crucially hinge on internet usage or involvement.
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Google's illegal copy of the whole Internet [duplicate]
How does Google deal with the fact, that the company has illegally content of the whole Internet saved on its servers, without any agreement from the authors of the world's web pages?
Is it an excuse ...
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If a crime happens between two parties in different countries over the internet, what laws apply? [duplicate]
Lets say, for the sake of example, it's a severe crime (punishable by jail time) in the United States to say that someone stinks.
Person A is from Brazil where no such law exists
Person B is from the ...
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Is it illegal to download data from a misconfigured server that is open to the public?
Bob has a website that he hosts online and is open to the public. A portion of the site has "members only" data. However, Bob implemented his security protection of this sensitive data ...
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Let's say you're creating a social networking website that follows U.S law;Would AI content filtering and a user regulated post removal system be ok?
How would you implement a content filter that blocks illegal text on your personal website, a website that allows anyone to post;(such as reddit)? Is this a solvable problem without requiring human ...
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How can I prove that I designed the site? [duplicate]
I have designed a website for a client,
But there is no contract between us.
The client does not pay my salary,
But our text and voice messages are available.
How can I prove that I designed the site ...
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Is it legal for one email-service-provider to send emails using the exact identical email-address of another email-service-provider? [closed]
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Is it legal for one email-service-provider to send emails using the exact identical email-address of another email-service-provider ?
This happened to me in the last 3 days, the two ...
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How would one comply with a court order to unpublish unlimitable information?
(If this has been asked, please deduplicate; I searched but couldn't find anything similar. Thanks!)
This is wholly hypothetical, I hope. Let's have two people, "Alice" and "Bob". ...
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What is the legality of distributing free software that displays another website page after automated reformatting and editing
I recently noticed that local news sites are terrible in that they transfer ludicrous amounts of data, never stop transferring data, and load an obnoxious number of ads and pop ups. As a result they ...
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Is the reading of website meta tags generally prohibited?
Problem: I would like to create a plugin for my website. This Plugin makes it possible to recognise a shared link in a comment field. Afterwards the plugin fetch the link and scrape the meta data of ...
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What is the legality of webscraping reviews from Goodreads?
Suppose a developer creates a project which involves webscraping reviews. In particular, reviews from Goodreads.
When actually using this scraped data, the project displays a note that it is from ...
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Can I use a pseudonym in the Impressum of a non-commercial website?
I am creating an online forum where users can communicate and exchange ideas with no public content. This means that the website does not have any commercial activities, and it does not engage in any ...
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App that contains a feature that allows users to deposit money that they may use to purchase later or get refunded
In my app / website, there is a feature for the user to deposit money that they could then use to purchase later or get refunded 3 months later.
What is the legal implication of this feature?
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In which cases has a Wikipedia editor's identity been subpoenaed?
In any jurisdiction, I'm looking for names of cases for either or ideally both of the following:
Where Wikipedia has been subpoenaed for information on an editor, complied with the subpoena, and ...
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On the Taxability\Nontaxability of Website Donations in the United States
Say a person (U. S. resident) has a personal website (which has a Donate button) in which everything on that site is freely accessible whether or not a donation is made. Are the monetary donations ...
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Can game developers legally revoke the license of use of game assets?
Large video game companies such as Blizzard, Valve, Mojang, etc. usually include a notice on their terms of use for video game assets for non-profit use, claiming that the license can be revoked at ...
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As a provider of deep synthesis services hosted in the US but have customers based in China, must I make sure that my service contains watermarks?
I read on https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/china-bans-ai-generated-media-without-watermarks/;
Providers of deep synthesis services shall add signs that do not affect the use of ...
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CASL Canadian SPAM Law Question - I am an individual seeking a job, can I mass email a video intro of myself to recruiters asking to connect [closed]
I find Canadian SPAM law confusing, I am an individual seeking a job, so can I mass email a video intro of myself to recruiters asking to connect? The email is clear, that I want a networking ...
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What legal actions can we take for website that doesn't remove PII upon requests?
A business directory listing website scraped old data for their listings. They use random contact information, personally identifiable information (PII), logos/banners to falsely represent those ...
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Is it legal to mirror a website if that causes a lot of traffic?
There is a website that offers a lot of game patches. I wrote a program that downloads all of them. I want the files for my personal use only. I do not want to publish them on the internet.
I think it ...
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On the Term "Commercial Use" and the Usage of an Apparently Free Font
I am in the process of finishing up a book which I anticipate will be published in the United States.
For the book's cover, I would like to make use of a font that is freely downloadable; and, as far ...
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Death Threats on the Internet
I recently read a bunch of stories about people making shooting/bomb threats on the internet and being arrested for it. These are often written in a matter-of-fact way.
But I know I have also seen ...
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Is selling program / liking bot legal?
Would it be legal to sell a program / bot that log into a website account and like others posts? Is it legal on the assumption that user is responsible for use of that program (getting ban is his ...
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How can a company buy an internet domain?
How can a just formed legal entity (a company XYZ) buy an internet domain (e.g. www.xyz.com)?
It has to be a human doing that. When I have checked the forms to fill in, they always ask for first name ...
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In the USA, is it still legal to create a website to connect sex providers with clients?
A few years ago I believe this was outlawed? Can anyone confirm?
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Boostrap licensing
I try to understand thoses licenses' differences.
If I build a website that allows users to browse and book a city trip, would the Standard License be enough ?
I've read it a dozen times and I feel ...
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Webhosts' legal obligations to remove publicly available content associated with specific IP addresses
Let's say one builds a website allowing users to post text content that is publicly available and searchable via the IP address of the users who submitted it. Would the owner of that website be ...
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act equivalent for citizens
What equivalent do ordinary US citizens have in terms of digital protectionss, as the US government and its financial interests have as defined in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?
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Is flashscore.com data copyrighted?
I have read that sports results can not be copyrighted since they are facts. But i've read the terms of https://www.flashscore.com/terms/ , where it says:
Intellectual Property
Without prior ...
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Is anyone who develops websites or webapps for clients legally responsible for what they are creating and all the gdpr obligations?
Suppose the case of a european (italian) web developer who, at the request of a client, creates a web platform for him from scratch (also with database, saving user’s data, ecc.). When putting the ...
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International sexting and suicide threaths
Im here asking for someone very dear to me whose been struggling with something similar. So let's take this as a hypothethical question.
Let's assume a girl (18 from Slovakia) and a boy (17 from ...
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Is it legal to upload encrypted copyrighted content to the Internet?
Say I own a digital copy of a copyrighted movie. Is it legal for me to encrypt it with say, AES, and share it to the Internet so anyone could download the encrypted copy?
It actually breaks down to ...
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Would Joel Tenenbaum or Jammie Thomas-Rasset be sued today?
What I understand is
Technically, Joel and Jammie were sued for uploading.
Practically, Joel and Jammie were sued for downloading and were unfortunate victims of not turning off seeding after ...
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How much data of a user allowed by law to get recorded by service providers?
If someone from India has optical fiber connection internet for windows10 PC and mobile phone 4g network provider’s internet for android cell phone using 4g sim card, now sometimes he uses PC’s OFC ...
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Do I need to present a GDPR banner to IP addresses outside of GDPR regions?
The context of my question comes from this comment:
The problem with solving GDPR compliance with country codes is, it is not in general sufficient to determine if a user is covered by the GDPR. The ...
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Can I share a copy of Adobe Standalone Flash Player?
As you all know by now, Flash is dead. However, people still want to play flash games. People used to be able to download the standalone adobe flash player to keep playing games flash games, but ...
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Can an individual be held responsible if their code is used maliciously?
For a while now, I have been interested in viruses, backdoors, etc. As a result, I've started to tinker around with techniques on how to go undetectable for educational/personal purposes. I'd like to ...
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Is releasing this company's documents illegal?
I run a website where I sell materials for students interested in finance, law and consulting. My website contains case studies from actual previous interviews. Recently, one of the firms' HR reached ...
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Can a Web site owner prohibit men from accessing a site for religious reasons?
Is it legal for a woman who writes a religious blog to not allow men to access the site because of a belief that women should not teach men about religion?
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Spanish law and IP address as evidence
I have more or less a sense of what the answer is, but I'd rather explore some sides of the question I might not be aware of.
In short, a friend of mine (Spanish, living in Spain) has been contacted ...
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Do I need a cookie policy/cookie consent on my website just because I use PayPal buttons?
I'm building a website, and the only third party element in it is a PayPal button I use for payments. The PayPal button opens a pop-up window which has its own cookie consent banner. Does that mean I ...
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Are there legalities to pay "royalties" to the authors of creations on my website/platform?
Some context:
I am developing a website where users can create posts (i.e. stackexchange, reddit, etc.)
These posts generate ad revenue from page visitors
I want to add a feature where I take a ...
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What kind of business license do companies like FIVERR have?
Freelancers on the website don't need a business license to create content for their customers. Fiverr is also an international company with freelancers and customers around the world. From what I ...
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Is it legal for a minor who does not live in California to lie about his/her age in order to access the NRA Web site?
The NRA's Web site currently has a screen verifying that the user is over 18 due to a California law prohibiting "communicat[ing] to those under 18 about broad categories of firearms, parts, and ...
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U.S. and international legality of the concept of "controlled digital lending"
In light of the ongoing court case Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive about the concept of so-called "Controlled Digital Lending" (CDL) by libraries and whether this is copyright ...
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Is it safe to create a petproject based on a Pokemon franchise? [duplicate]
Long story short, i'm a web developer and i want to create a petproject.
Let say, it will be named "Pokemon Battle Assistant" and it will be about Pokemon. I want to implement a website, an ...
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At what point is uploading a movie with heavy compression not copyright infringement?
My friend recently linked me a GIF of the entire Shrek movie in 60x60 resolution. At the time of writing this, it has 12 million views on imgur. This got me thinking, could a copyright holder ...
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Does Payola apply to Spotify and related services?
If someone paid a Playlist Curator to host music on the curator's playlist, without any disclosure of the payment, would that be illegal?
US Title 47 Section 508 states this kind of behavior is ...
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Do I violate the EU GDPR when I host a static website on Google?
To my knowledge IP addresses are considered personal data under the GDPR and thus may only be processed under one of several conditions (one being user consent). There has also been a verdict in a ...
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How to conserve digital proof?
There is some statement, put in digital form on the internet, wich I would like to conserve. The issue is its not available freely but rather after a login,so Internet Archive isn't an Option.
How do ...
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Under GDPR, does blurhash of a profile picture count as personal data
Suppose I have a web service where users can have a profile page with name and picture. Blurhash is a technology that allows me to create a significantly blurred representation of an image, as a ...
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