Questions tagged [online-piracy]
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Is it legal to track users of pirated software?
I'm making a piece of software right now, and I'm just doing it in my free time, so I'm not too serious about it. I want to make a version of the software and put a tracker in it that interfaces with ...
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What problems would a celebrity releasing software patchers cause from a legal standpoint?
I've heard claims that Gigi Hadid has admitted to releasing the now-infamous Adobe Zii patcher for Adobe CC products (it was on her social media some time ago, now-removed by the hosts) and providing ...
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Is it legal to sell files that were uploaded by the users?
Is it legal to operate a website that works like this:
User 1 registers, uploads some file, sets its price and description
User 2 buys the file, money goes to website's bank account
Site takes its ...
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Are pirated movies and software legal for personal use?
Is it legal to download pirated movies or software for personal---that is non-commercial---use?
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Would pirating Train Simulator and all its DLC classify as Grand Theft?
The game Train Simulator 2017 infamously has over $5000 of DLC (downloadable content).
In the United States, the term Grand Theft is used for thefts of items over a particular value, anywhere from $...
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Can I inspect websites' source in teaching video?
As a web developer, I find that we can learn a ton about HTML, CSS and JavaScript by opening the Developer Tools in Chromium and inspect elements, seeing the names other developer choose for their CSS ...
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Copyrights owner rights in case of DMCA – user block
Recently I started to sell my digital items in the web and faced with the piracy.
Pirates fraud my files from the market, upload them to the file hosting services and posts the links to warez web ...
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Is it piracy to download a copy of a book that my university has?
If my university's library has a book available for students, is it piracy/illegal if those students download some copy from the internet in PDF?
There are some books I would like to study but they ...
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Is it illegal to download cracked software one has purchased?
Assuming someone purchases a piece of software, but due to an error, has to wait for an arbitrary amount of time to download the software, would it be a criminal act to download or use a cracked ...
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What must an ISP do to be protected under the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
Under statute 512 of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCCA) in section (c)(1)(A)(iii) it stipulates that an ISP
upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts
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How legal is offering abandonware for download?
A quick background to my project (it's essential to the question, as you'll see later): My project offers a multiplayer server platform for server listings for a game (Crysis Wars), allowing players ...
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Is downloading a Youtube video legal in this situation?
Having read through the Youtube ToS, it states:
Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your
information and personal use solely as intended through the provided
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What are the legalities of online research involving illegal services?
I want to do a thesis paper involving illegal online resources. I don't want to be persecuted for these things though. What are some of the steps I would need to take to legitimately go about ...
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How was The Pirate Bay able to get back online after being shut down?
The Pirate Bay in the past year had its servers raided by Swedish Police and the site was shut down. On what grounds were Swedish police able to raid TPB servers and shut down the site, under Swedish ...
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How is downloading a movie from the internet different from using home recording equipment?
As I was watching Despicable Me on free-to-air TV, I was thinking that maybe the next time it runs and Frozen I should set my PVR set top Box to record them.
But then that got me thinking: if I ...
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File host that uploads illegal files to other file hosts
Imagine two file hosting websites. Perhaps Dropbox and Google Drive.
Now imagine a third file hosting service. However, what it does is grab your file, split it in two chunks, encrypt both of them, ...
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copyright, fair use and online dictionaries/translations/word list
For a language app I need short word bilingual definitions and word lists, containing info such as word frequency and part of speech.
I would like to use a selection of many online sources to do this....
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Legal Backups: Can copies of other owners' backups be used?
Many legal systems protect the rights of legal owners of copies (of copyrighted works) to backup these copies. If I own a DVD or a book, I can* rip that DVD and scan that book to a PDF. But what if ...
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Why YTS owner not jailed for illegal digital distribution, even police caught him?
The guy behind YTS must be thanking his lucky stars.
On 21 October, 2015 MPAA team shut down YTS site.
Mega Upload owner was jailed for decades, even after he is running legal site,
But YTS is not a ...
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Storing pirated data online who is responsible?
If I were to set up an online storage company and sell GB/TB who would be responsible for my customers uploading pirated/illegal data on my storage servers? Would declaring in the terms and ...
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Are the people who sell pre-owned copyrighted media on sites such as Amazon breaking a law?
Say you buy a pre-owned (second-hand) copy of a movie on a website like, say, Amazon.
AFAIK, no one who made the film or distributed it will ever see the color of your money, therefore, the prejudice ...
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How do people publicly admit to criminal activity and not typically get arrested?
I've noticed that people on YouTube and even on TV would sometimes say things like "I used to take lots of coke a few years ago" or "I used to smoke weed daily until this and that" or "Yea, I smoke ...
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Why are there so many YouTube to MP4 and MP3 download websites online when it is illegal?
If it is illegal to download videos and audios from YouTube due to copyright reasons, why are there so many YouTube to MP4 and MP3 download websites online?
For example, https://freevideotomp3.com/, ...
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Is downloading YouTube videos legal?
I've always been under the assumption that doing such was illegal. I don't see any difference between downloading music from YouTube and downloading music from The Pirate Bay.
Apparently, there is ...
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Is it legal to download movies in Canada?
For years Canada has been known as a pirates' safe haven, but copyright in Canada has been going under huge reform for the past few years, and it's been hard to keep up with all the changes. With the ...
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