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My project (EditVideoBot) is an automated 'Twitter bot' program that allows users to edit videos within Twitter (they can add music to the video, or their own text, etc). My first account I ran this...
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My partner and I created a pre-employment testing website. Users come to our site, pick and choose questions they like from our library and then invite their candidates to take the test.We (owners of...
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There has been a rash of false DMCA take-downs affecting artists on Twitter, in conjunction with emails from the attacker offering to stop issuing the take-downs if given a ransom payment in...
View ArticleIs linking to illegal free-movie streaming websites itself copyright...
(Site hosted in Canada)Would a website containing a list of links to free-movie websites be considered illegal? The "free movie websites" are hosting copyrighted movies without permission.Note, the...
View ArticleWhat can be the consequences for a github user who forked a repository with...
Github is usually used to share code. There is a feature called fork. This is described here: github fork. What happens if a user forks a repository that contains illegally uploaded material like...
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Suppose that there is a website hosted in USA, with most of its users in the USA. The website is owned by a Canadian corporation.Suppose that the website allows users to create videos using their...
View ArticleCan Whatsapp sue me for using unofficial services? (location: Romania)
I'm building a desktop app where people can manage their business and one of the features is Whatsapp chat directly into the app. This is not using the Whatsapp official API (their official means of...
View ArticleIn the US, is it legal to flash your own code onto a physical device to...
This question is an expansion of Hacking devices to unlock features: Legal or not?I'm currently in possession of a laser measurement tool called Bosch GLM20 which is their most basic model. As per the...
View ArticleHow you can take down copyrighted content in Telegram?
Suppose that a content creator C has posted video courses and other online content for which fees are charged. Several Telegram channels and bots are posting these videos without C's authorization and...
View ArticleAre my assumptions about clean-room reverse engineering and copyright of...
Recently, the people behind the re3 project (public decompilation of the games GTA III and GTA Vice City) were served a civol lawsuit by Take Two, the owning company of the games.What the group did was...
View ArticleHow to take down the piracy website that does not respond to DMCAs
Suppose that an app developer, A, finds that a website is distributing copies of A's copyrighted app, without permission. A has sent DMCA takedown notices to the site, but has received no...
View ArticleCan I get my answers deleted from Stack Exchange?
According to a moderator statement in meta that I read, Stack Exchange claims a "license" on the answers and questions which a user has posted.From a copyright standpoint can a claim be made or a DMCA...
View ArticleDMCA Takedown: How to respond to counter-notice & Defendant disclosed my info...
Is it legal to publicly disclose the information of received DMCA takedown request including user information of requester?Currently, I have filed a DMCA takedown request to a company for infringing...
View ArticleCan I request my comment be deleted from a forum if I made that post when I...
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...
View ArticleCan a search engine receive DMCA takedowns? (linking to copyrighted content)...
I have a site similar to google.com based in canada that indexes various websites online. Some of these sites link directly or indirectly to copyrighted content. I have a "torrent" tab that lets you...
View ArticleTrading Card Database - Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?
I would like to create a text-only database for collectible trading card games. The database would contain card names, ability text, flavor text, etc. Images would not be included. This project would...
View ArticleWho 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...
View ArticleDoes the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act confer a...
Smart phones come in two different kinds: locked, and unlocked. A locked phone has been modified from its original design, in its software, hardware, or firmware, to only accept cell service from a...
View ArticleDoes bypassing the 10NES lockout chip violate the DMCA?
The first model of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) has a 10NES lockout chip to prevent unauthorized games from being played which many of the companies worked around. The negative result to the...
View ArticleCounter DMCA Google play
Suppose that a person received a DMCA takedown notice about a month ago and has filed a couple of counter notices, but and always gets an automated response saying "We are unable to take further action...
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