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Wouldn't the ban of TikTok violate freedom of speech?
In the case of a proposed TikTok ban (at least by the U.S., other country's reasons may vary), the ban is not primarily directed at the content provided by the TikTok users. Indeed, generally, ...
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Wouldn't the ban of TikTok violate freedom of speech?
Who's speaking? Not Tiktok.
Congress may not make a law that bans protected speech, but the proposed law is not about the speech of Tiktok, it's all about commerce: it just bans a company from ...
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Why aren't sites like Mapgenie an infringement of intellectual property?
Fair Use/Dealing - Exceptions from Copyright
Most jurisdictions have some sort of right to cite or use someone else's work in a limited fashion, such as to reference the work, comment on it or make ...
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Do websites that tell email already in use violate privacy?
If there is a website that during sign up tells if some email is
already in use when using that email, do they violate privacy?
No.
The website isn't providing personally identifying information ...
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As an indie game developer who sells game in Steam, can someone overseas sue me because they know i won't be there to defend myself in court?
Of course they can sue you, with or without a good reason. And if you are not represented in court you might lose a civil case without doing anything wrong.
In a civil case that person would have a ...
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As an indie game developer who sells game in Steam, can someone overseas sue me because they know i won't be there to defend myself in court?
If you do something that harms someone, they can sue you
If that harm takes place in a foreign country, they can sue you in that country.
This has nothing in particular to do with games or software ...
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