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45,974 | 1 | 2019-10-30T01:29:08.013 | 1 | 104 | 2019-10-30T10:26:18.000 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | The 1st contract was signed by both parties but the services were misrepresented to Party A. This made the contract void. Party A attempted to back out of the contract, but Party B amended the contract and Party A signed the amended contract. Both parties received consideration in the amended contract. Is the amended c... | contract-law | Can a voided contract be amended? |
57,685 | 1 | 2020-11-02T06:06:26.973 | 1 | 45 | 2020-12-02T20:15:33.317 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I want to register a software package with the US copyright office but it is not new. There are many versions. What versions should I register? Should I register the very first version as the original work and then select versions as derived works?
For example, let's say there are versions like:
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1.0.0
1.0.1
1.... | copyright | Retroactive Copyright Registration Versions Original and Derived Works |
8,207 | 1 | 2016-03-31T21:42:18.083 | 1 | 68 | 2016-03-31T21:48:32.287 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | let's say someone wishes to loan money to his brother, but has little expectation of repayment and no intention of pursuing the matter if his brother defaults. would the irs consider this a gift, a loan, or a gift loan?
details:
14k$ at 12% interest for a fixed term of 3 years as a strictly oral agreement without an... | tax-law | can small loans be considered gifts for tax purposes? |
16,625 | 1 | 2017-01-24T00:12:41.583 | 6 | 1,993 | 2017-01-24T23:06:08.343 | 3 | 12 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Simple question, maybe not an easy answer: my employer gave me an MSDN subscription linked to my home hotmail account.
Can I download Visual Studio and write code at home with this license? I would be working after business hours on my own personal projects.. Would my company own the personal project because I used t... | software | Does my employer own code I write at home using the Visual Studio license from work? |
16,298 | 1 | 2017-01-09T21:27:11.057 | 4 | 4,929 | 2017-01-09T21:47:26.510 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | So, in everything from World of Warcraft to Dungeons and Dragons, even Warhammer and an assortment of other games, both table top and computer based, there's Arcane magic. I've written a few books and, without thinking, I used the term Arcane to be the general name for magic practiced by witches and warlocks and prayer... | copyright | Copyright law for an author: Can a word be copyrighted? |
9,108 | 1 | 2016-05-09T08:56:37.057 | 0 | 448 | 2016-05-09T16:22:54.903 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Is it legal/ right if I create a texture pack of about 20 downloaded textures and 20 normal maps, and then sell it on an online store? All the textures are CC0 licensed.
| copyright | Sell cc0 images |
43,859 | 1 | 2019-08-18T19:29:37.413 | 0 | 283 | 2019-08-18T19:43:07.963 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am co-Administrator of a private FaceBook group of former students who attended my high school. I frequently take photos with my camera of photos printed in our high school yearbooks & post them in the group. Members enjoy seeing the old 50+ year old photos of students & teachers.
One lady announced on the private ... | internet | Posting School Yearbook photos on private Group FB page made up of former students |
18,214 | 1 | 2017-04-05T22:55:53.127 | 0 | 39 | 2017-04-08T13:34:19.673 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Can we have a product X which gets both a copyright & a patent?
I'm particularly interested in the case of Software since its content overlaps with both Copyright & Patent. But someone told me that the same subject matter cannot be protected under different IPRs (Copyright & Patent).
So, Pure Software is protected b... | intellectual-property | Any rule in the TRIPS agreement which prohibits same subject matter to be protected by different IPRs? |
65,166 | 1 | 2021-05-21T02:03:07.067 | 2 | 108 | 2021-05-21T04:30:03.233 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I was wondering whether watching a video that was uploaded without permission from the copyright holder was illegal. Also...
1. Which country’s laws apply if a lawsuit were to arise? For example, if a person in Country A accessed content owned by a company in Country B using software from Country C, which country wou... | copyright | How do various factors affect the legality of streaming? |
61,239 | 1 | 2021-02-16T15:16:10.753 | 0 | 168 | 2022-03-15T01:06:40.690 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am just entering the field of web development and I was wondering if the Javascript language has a license for the development of web applications for commercial purposes or there is a fee to pay for its use (for commercial purposes). I have been looking for information but I am not sure if it is in charge of Mozilla... | licensing | Javascript license |
14,169 | 1 | 2016-09-23T11:45:34.827 | 5 | 167 | 2019-01-07T05:01:20.223 | 1 | 6 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | An art instructor who charges for his courses is using one of my photographs in his class. All the students including himself have painted the photograph and he has posted his painting on his site. I did not give permission to any of these people to paint my photograph. This is my most popular photograph which I sell i... | copyright | Copyright infringement in paid course |
60,155 | 1 | 2021-01-14T10:47:35.037 | -1 | 70 | 2021-01-14T17:19:41.770 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | If a company brings on a new director, are they obliged to share their IP with that new director?
And what about if they were to bring on a new shareholder — would they be obliged to share their IP?
| intellectual-property | Do Directors of a company have automatic right to access that company's IP? |
25,992 | 1 | 2018-02-11T17:30:50.927 | 1 | 114 | 2018-02-12T00:45:15.903 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I was wondering if manufacturers of any country are legally bound to print the true origin of the product while exporting to other country? If yes, who makes sure they are printing the real origin of the product?
| business | What stops Chinese companies from printing “Made in US” on their products? |
4,489 | 1 | 2015-10-15T19:54:01.847 | 3 | 115 | 2015-12-04T19:24:09.983 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | How can I protect the personal information contained within my C.V., cover letter, letters of recommendation from unauthorized sharing?
I have been a victim of identity theft, so I seek to now find ways of limiting the exposure of my personal information to any entity I come across, including employers.
I thought i... | privacy | How to protect privacy vis-a-vis sending resume to potential employer? |
6,331 | 1 | 2016-01-11T16:17:47.510 | 2 | 132 | 2020-11-03T15:01:00.100 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I do not want to serve a complete notice period (3 months) for the MNC (multi-national company) in India I currently work for. I would like to serve only one month notice period, and although I am ready to pay for not completing the full notice period, HR is not allowing me to do this. Instead, they keep insisting that... | contract-law | 3 month notice versus 1 month notice |
9,593 | 1 | 2016-05-30T22:35:30.243 | 0 | 267 | 2016-05-31T01:01:35.853 | 3 | 5 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | [Does this contract meet the requirements to be enforced by a court](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17axpOjt3IKJSsX3ofCxW7NFUtOZjHGjxpmLQUfylQyM/edit?usp=sharing)? If not, what challenges might be raised?
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> ### Promissory Note
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> Principal Amount: £500.00 GBP
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> Date:
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> 1. For value received, ... | contract | Is this contract valid? |
56,235 | 1 | 2020-09-12T09:42:34.103 | 1 | 57 | 2020-09-12T22:46:49.520 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Related to this question [What is the point of authority to sign clauses in contracts?](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/56207/what-is-the-point-of-authority-to-sign-clauses-in-contracts/56217#56217)
The simplest example I can think of is a work contract. Manager Bob signs a contract saying you will get paid $... | contract-law | How do you know if person agreeing to contract is agreeing as an individual or binding company? |
33,876 | 1 | 2018-11-28T15:53:50.480 | 1 | 1,250 | 2018-11-28T16:04:45.573 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I have an online resume website that I created, and I list the logos of companies I've work with over the course of my career. Rather than a dry date list of work experience, I'm just listing the names and logos of the companies on the website. I even have a disclaimer stating this in no way represents endorsement or s... | trademark | Is it trademark fair use to use company name/logo on your resume? |
58,951 | 1 | 2020-12-06T04:49:30.550 | 1 | 64 | 2020-12-06T08:18:02.107 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | In the European Union (EU) there is a clash between direct and indirect personal data.
1. Internet Service Providers (ISP) can use the IP address to identify personal data.
2. The provider of the webservice cannot use the IP address to identify personal data.
This does mean the provider of the webservice can identi... | privacy | IP address as privacy-data in European Union (EU) for specific social identities |
36,148 | 1 | 2019-01-12T23:03:42.780 | 2 | 296 | 2019-01-31T19:31:31.137 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | If an amateur filmmaker wants to use a short clip of a popular song, sung (covered) by a singer other than the one who wrote and popularized it, what permissions, if any, are needed?
| copyright | I want to use a cover of a song by Alicia Keys and want to know if anyone here can help me figure it out |
13 | 1 | 2015-05-26T21:56:48.253 | 8 | 396 | 2015-05-26T23:39:28.217 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Is there any way to present a case to the grand jury if the prosecuting attorney is unwilling to do so?
| criminal-law | Is there any way to bring a criminal case before the grand jury without the support of the Prosecuting Attorney? |
26,593 | 1 | 2018-03-06T18:43:54.967 | 0 | 78 | 2018-03-07T00:04:41.030 | 2 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I am thinking of running an algorithm on TV shows which will output a written account of each show's contents. An example would be a written copy of the recipe used in a cooking show, which would be almost verbatim, but not a complete transcript and probably without any overall synopsis; just a few parts of the show. T... | copyright | Commercial "natural language processing" algorithm on TV shows |
22,058 | 1 | 2017-08-19T04:27:12.153 | 2 | 136 | 2017-09-18T18:24:11.833 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Is it legal for a company founder to add to the bylaws that nobody has the power to fire him as ceo (law in Colorado, The United States of America)
| business | Can a founder use bylaws to prevent being fired by the board |
58,715 | 1 | 2020-11-28T14:20:16.037 | 0 | 52 | 2020-11-28T23:44:22.753 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | The Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims constituted one of the main charges of genocide against the Serb forces at The Hague International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia. Here, the Serb forces deliberately mixed up the remains of the victims in five separate locations so as to hinder identification.
But ... | criminal-law | Why was it neccessary for The Hague to establish the identity of all the people murdered in the Srebrenica Massacre? |
52,467 | 1 | 2020-06-17T19:35:29.760 | 0 | 153 | 2020-06-19T09:18:24.900 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | We purchased a wordpress plugin with a perpetual license. The software plugin constantly phones home to check the license is used on the domain it was purchased for use on. However, if the our wordpress administration panel, where the plugin is installed, is accessed from the IP address of the site and not the domain, ... | software | Can a software company deactivate my licensed software remotely? |
41,798 | 1 | 2019-06-05T18:25:04.130 | 1 | 150 | 2019-06-07T06:58:20.207 | 2 | 5 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Imagine a disorderly charge for a first-time offender who pleaded guilty.
The defendant appealed the case and was granted a remand.The defendant now has a charge on his record for disorderly conduct, and has paid high court costs and fines.
Could the defendant file a motion to vacate, withdraw plea or what?
| criminal-law | Municipal Court Remand New Jersey Help |
9,299 | 1 | 2016-05-17T14:22:54.103 | 3 | 719 | 2016-05-17T14:49:14.437 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I want to make a product (call it A) compatible with another proprietary product (B). So if I take product B and then reverse engineer the protocol by watching network traffic, I could produce a document describing the protocol. Then, lets say I give the document to another engineer. He implements the protocol based on... | intellectual-property | Legality surrounding reverse engineering protocols? |
11,432 | 1 | 2016-07-07T17:39:49.963 | 3 | 971 | 2016-07-08T05:19:58.617 | 4 | 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | During the House hearing today (July 7, 2016) Director Comey implied that section 793 of Title 18 might be unconstitutional as to applying the "gross negligence" standard to Hillary Clinton. What is the law that supports this reasoning as to unconstitutionality?
| constitutional-law | Why might Title 18 Section 793 be unconstitutional? |
78,086 | 1 | 2022-02-23T20:57:41.373 | 0 | 92 | 2022-02-24T01:29:39.003 | 2 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Suppose a Canadian subscription website is created providing valuable information on certain properties of a product to consumers.
Unfortunately, a mistake was made where some images on the website were taken from an online source that broke copyright laws in US. These images were quickly taken down to settle this pr... | copyright | Question about US law being sued in Canada |
21,883 | 1 | 2017-08-10T19:12:37.567 | -2 | 55 | 2017-08-11T01:04:01.817 | 1 | 4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I'm currently writing a companion to the popular game Overwatch, and have realized early into development that I don't want to put time into this and then find out I can't use it for legal reasons.
My program will contain information that is copied from different sites and locations, including Overwatch itself, as we... | copyright | Legal Binding on a Game Based Companion |
79,225 | 1 | 2022-04-09T07:49:04.133 | 2 | 166 | 2022-05-09T09:03:50.367 | 1 | 5 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | The Indian wife of the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has now said that while she will in future pay UK tax on her foreign income, she will retain her non-domiciled status.
Is there any choice here? The question of domicile, as I understand it is not one of form but of fact. Domicile, as I understand it, is a common-... | tax-law | Does Mrs Sunak have any choice in the matter? |
1,899 | 1 | 2015-08-18T04:33:28.900 | 13 | 9,139 | 2015-08-18T05:35:33.803 | 1 | 2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I'm not a law student, but I'm very interested in the topic and learning in general.
I got curious about contracts and signatures recently, so I wondered if there have been cases where contracts have been voided because of invalid signatures.
What constitutes a person's official signature, and what are the criter... | contract-law | How to prove the genuinity/nongenuinity of a signature? |
51,935 | 1 | 2020-05-30T23:08:49.420 | 0 | 85 | 2020-06-04T18:17:19.333 | 2 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Is a dislocated shoulder or broken arm bone more severe?
My argument is that a dislocated shoulder has potential for repeat dislocation and therefore is a more aggravated lasting injury. Which is considered more severe, a broken arm bone or dislocated shoulder?
| criminal-law | Which is more severe in an aggravated assault case? |
45,067 | 1 | 2019-09-27T19:56:49.123 | 2 | 544 | 2019-09-27T23:42:59.730 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | ['reduced into possession' isn't just worded for animals.](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/204909-(Legal)-reduced-to-possession)
1. 'reduce' here doesn't feel like ordinary meaning. What does it mean? I quote [Etymonline](https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=reduce) because legalese can deceivingly use comm... | criminal-law | reduce into possession |
45,825 | 1 | 2019-10-24T23:35:14.013 | 2 | 61 | 2019-11-04T01:49:12.117 | 2 | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Mindy Chen-Wishart. [*Contract Law* (2018 6 edn)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contract-Law-Mindy-Chen-Wishart/dp/0198806353/ref=dp_ob_title_bk). [Scanned p 225](https://i.stack.imgur.com/P6gae.jpg).
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> 1. Where the claimant refuses to continue with the contract, the court must decide whether this amounts to rescissio... | contract-law | Why would contractual damages be superior to returning defective items? |
60,167 | 1 | 2021-01-14T18:30:40.293 | -3 | 40 | 2021-01-14T19:29:57.027 | 1 | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I am doing an interview process with a company and and they want me to sign a contract which says that i agree with their economical offer before i do the final round of interviews, i am thinking that this is very weird, because depending on what they say to me on the last round of interviews i may not want to work wit... | contract-law | Should i sign a contract agreeing with an economical offer to work for a company before the last interview? |
30,599 | 1 | 2018-07-29T20:28:51.127 | 0 | 77 | 2018-07-29T23:06:47.670 | 1 | 3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | I was recently made redundant after working at the company for just over a year.
I was given no indication before hand that I personally might be made redundant (although other departments in the company had just gone through redundancies, but this was over a month before) and did not go through a consultation period... | employment | Redundancy with no consultation |
8,448 | 1 | 2016-04-08T15:20:08.223 | 2 | 479 | 2016-04-10T15:50:19.840 | 1 | 0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Can an illustration from a Children's book be drawn by an artist (muralist) on a wall of a public building without asking the artist's permission? I think that some things, like songs, written before a certain year are in the public domain and therefore allowed to be used -- does the same apply to artwork? Specifically... | copyright | Can I legally copy a book illustration for a wall mural in a public building? |
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