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What is the copyright status of game screenshots?
Game art is under copyright of the designer or their company. When I play the game and take a screenshot, whose is the copyright?
Mine, because I played the game to that point and created the screenshot file;
The designer or their company, because…
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Is it legal to pretend to be the British monarch?
Is it legal for John Doe, in the UK, to claim to be king of the UK and insist on being called His Majesty King John II?
I'm not asking about impersonating the actual monarch (e.g. claiming to be King Charles III), but keeping one's real name but…
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Are there no limits to damage waivers or would this go too far?
I am going to make vacation on Hawaii next week. For one day we booked a Ziplining tour.
Just after the free cancelation date passed, I was sent a waiver which is required to be signed to participate.
And this waiver is something, even without…
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Can a person go to the court if she signed a contract not to go to court?
Suppose a couple signed a prenuptial contract that said they couldn't go to court regarding their divorce and custody of children. Everything must be resolved through mutual consensus and consultation of their respective families.
After some time,…
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Is it considered a breach of confidentiality if data is uploaded to a website which only makes that data available to the uploader?
I'm a developer working at a company that handles sensitive banking information and recently, I've had troubles organising my code and thus posted it in a private repository on Github, which only I can access in any way.
A week later, I got a notice…
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To what extent are England and Wales one completely wedded jurisdiction?
Are there any legal provisions that apply only to England or only to Wales but not respectively to the other? Why are they so closely associated with each other as to have just one tag on the site, but Northern Ireland and Scotland each seem to be…
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Can a parent insist that her child (teen) stop assisting police?
This is based on a situation early in the novel The Witness by Norah Roberts.
Suppose that a sixteen-year-old girl (E) witnessed a serious crime, in fact a double murder, apparently by an organized crime figure. E reports the crime to the police,…
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Who gets in trouble if a user uploads pirated content on an open platform?
I have made this site similar to Youtube/Instagram where users can upload photos/videos to their profile and share it with others.
Recently, some users have started to pirate content (some have started uploading Spongebob Episodes, Minion Movies,…
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Can Russia be sued over breaking gas contracts?
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia has unilaterally demanded that "unfriendly countries" pay for Russian natural gas in Russian rubles, despite the existing contracts specifying payment in dollars or euros. At the end of April 2022,…
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Is homicide by misadventure illegal?
Recently I was looking over the definitions of the different types of homicides and I came across the term “homicide by misadventure.” This is when somebody accidentally kills somebody else while engaged in a legal activity and without any intent to…
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Does the Supreme Court simply rubberstamp the prevailing social consensus?
In Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) the US Supreme Court ruled that slavery was legal.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
In Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644…
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Legal definitions differentiating 'corporation' and 'private estate' in relation to Duchy of Cornwall
The Duchy of Cornwall is classified as a 'private estate' and therefore is exempt from corporation and capital gains tax.
Investopedia defines a corporation as 'a legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners and has many of the same…
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How to get a motorcycle to a skills test
I have a motorcycle skills test at a North Carolina DMV to hopefully pass the skills portion of the requirements. I currently have a valid car drivers license. The motorcycle in question has a legal title and insurance required in NC.
Let's say…
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Can Tucker Carlson be penalized or punished by the US government?
Tucker Carlson has often shown much bias in his reporting and opinions. It has now been reported that a Russian internal memo shows that they too consider him a good 'asset' because he is the western voice who echoes the Russian sentiments. It is…
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Can I request my comment be deleted from a forum if I made that post when I was 12?
Basically what the title says. I'm very ignorant when it comes to these sorts of laws and rules so please be kind. I made a post on an “audition forum” when I was 12 years old. The post included my full name, race, age and gender. I am 17 now. Do I…
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