Questions related to the law and how it relates to websites and their management.
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Illegal iphone app for website
I have a web site and someone had made an iphone app for my site without my permission and selling it. He is using my API without getting permission.
How can i report this to Apple?
EDIT: AFAIK, ...
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In the website for a mobile app, is it legal to show photos of actual phones?
In most websites that showcase mobile apps, photos of actual phones are shown as an example of what the app looks like. Sometimes, the phone's brand is visible; other times, the device is clearly an ...
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Is it illegal to distribute a program that downloads YouTube videos? [closed]
I developed a plugin which allows people to download videos from YouTube. It's open-source if that matters. Is my plugin legal to distribute and use?
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Turning my website into a non-profit
I was given an established website about a year ago. It makes some money on ads, but not much (less than 10k/year). I am no longer able to manage the site and am considering turning it over to another ...
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How to deal with malicious domain redirections?
It is possible for anybody to buy a domain name containing negative terms and point it to someone's website in order to damage their reputation. For instance someone could buy the domain ...
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Sample document source - T&C's, hosting, general web? [closed]
One thing that's been on our list to do is getting together some T&C's, hosting documentation and just general web documents.
Are there any good sources for this? The one's I've found are a bit ...
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template for terms of condition for social media based website?
Im looking for a template for a terms of usage text based on social media websites. Im actually a coder and not into the legal blabla in general. Ofcourse you could spend a thousand or 2 on a lawyer ...
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Softonic provides software without permission
Softonic.com put a software of mine for download up on their website and servers without my permission. I told them to took it down but they not reacting.
Did this happen to someone else too? How ...
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Loading another domain's content in a modal iframe - acceptable?
Is it okay to load another page in an iframe in a modal pop-up window - in terms of legal and ethical standards around displaying 3rd party content?
I remember a few years ago there was controversy ...
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Laws Regarding content Hosted on your Website [duplicate]
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Am I legally liable for user generated content and comments?
As a webmaster are you legally responsible for content posted on your website. For example a forum, would ...
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Legal information on a website
I'm in the process of re-developing my website.
We're currently a non-monetary website, funded entirely by ourselves, but we'd like to start earning some money from adverts and possibly paid content.
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Is it legal to host very, very detailed summaries of copyrighted material?
I have a website where people can discuss books of various topics, mostly technical and practical stuff. Lately I have noticed that some members are posting very, very detailed summaries/reviews of ...
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What benefit do you get from posting terms of service, privacy policy, etc.?
Just wondering why you'd post terms of service, privacy policy, etc. on a website.
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Are there any legal implications to reading a user's privates messages on a forum?
I'm the webmaster of a forum and we are having trouble with a user and we suspect he uses privates messages to do illegal business (not illicit, but illegal according to the forum rules).
Are their ...
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Hosting torrent tracker in legal countries
In what countries it is legal to host torrent traacker? I mean without future issues with laws like illegal movie, software downloading.
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Make money off a website developed in Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
Is it legal to make money of a website developed in Visual Web Developer 2010 Express (which is free)?
Or do I have to buy a license or something?
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Can I be charged for letting a domain expire?
A few months ago I let a domain expire that I no longer wanted. I just received a bill from a collections agency saying that I owe about $100 because although I let the domain expire, it's necessary ...
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Creating image thumbnails and serving from own server
I would like to display some images on my website. This website got indexed content from different websites. It display content in a way that you have image, short description and link to website ...
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Would it be wrong to register a local domain (.ro) which has the same name as a famous forum .com?
Let's say there is a niche forum called HowToChopOnionWithoutCrying.com (I'm making it up, of course) and it's in English.
And I want to create a similar forum in Romanian, registering ...
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Am I allowed to save basic user data from Facebook in my own web app's database?
In general my app deals with data that is unrelated to Facebook but also includes a Graph API based app.
So it would be helpful for someone to login with Facebook (without registering in my own web ...
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General Properties\Legal Domain warning on flash
I had a website containing 2 flash items (menu and banner). Everthing were fine, but for some reasons I had to change its hosting to a new server. Now, I have a warning frame on the banner that says:
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Someone Reported That My Company Is Out Of Business [closed]
I Googled our company name and found that someone had given us a review on the maps site. He gave us a 1 star review and his review was simply "Out of Business". We are definitely NOT out of ...
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Legal responsibility for emebedding code
On our website we have an HTML5 arcade. For each game it has an embed this game on your website copy + paste code box.
We've done the approval process of games as strictly and safely as possible, we ...
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Mentioning celebrities as customers
My client owns a dry cleaning business. He serves people who stay at certain hotels in NYC.
Some celebrities have been his customers while staying at those hotels. He would pick up and deliver their ...
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Where do you pay taxes when you sell digital services with paypal?
I know about a Paypal feature to charge taxes. But You must pay taxes where you receives the payments or where the services is paid (mainly USA)?
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I own a domain and recently got a Trademark Infringement for it can I offer to sell it to them?
I own a domain related to an iPhone Game and have been sent a Trademark Infringement on said domain by the company.
It makes me a few dollars a month but nothing great, And I would like to offer to ...
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title, content copied and title, name used! trademark issue?
I have a video website, server and domain bought 3 months 1 week ago, website actually started 1 month 1 week ago. Domain name plain and simple, easy to remember, bought with a yearly fee, nothing ...
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with a website created in Belgium, hosted on google app engine, which county's laws does my site need to obey?
with a website created in Belgium, hosted on google app engine, which county's laws does my site need to obey? I know that as a company, you have to obey the law of the country where you are based, ...
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Does a DMCA takedown require you to prevent the same file from being uploaded again?
If I allow users to upload media (images, videos, etc.) and I get a DMCA takedown notice for a specific file, do I have to prevent users from uploading that same file in the future?
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Legality of using/embedding MP3s?
I am working on a language learning startup. I think that one of the best ways to study is through music. For that purpose I would like to include MP3s on the website, together with related study ...
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Can I display ads on a site whose domain name includes a trademark?
I own a domain containing a trademarked word.
I don't want to get into trouble with the trademark owner so my plan is to use the domain to display information (wiki-style) about the service the ...
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Legal issues for adult content websites based in United States [closed]
As part of an escorts contact portal (VIP).
1.- What legal issues is needed to take in account inside US?
2.- In case of needing of professional support, Is there some online service available for ...
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Can I legally use a competitor's business name on my site to compare products?
Simply put, does a company have any grounds for legal recourse if their name is used on a competitor's website in the following manner?
{Product Title and Description} (Comparable to {Competitor's ...
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Hacked by our own hosting company!
OK, so our hosting company decided to clone our site and database onto a new serve. Without our knowledge or permission they then edited our code to point to the new database. The old server was left ...
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Where to place privacy, legal, etc info on a website?
Every website I've ever been to has links to legal, privacy, tos, etc on the bottom of every page.
Is this required?
Can I have all that info on a specific about page rather than on every page?
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Where do blogs get their pictures?
I see a lot of blogs that are full of picture galleries, of celebrities for example, and I wonder how they get all these pictures.
Do most blogs just take pictures from Google images? or is there ...
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Registering a website with “YouTube” in the name [duplicate]
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Where is the line drawn with domain names which include a trademark?
Are there legal (or other) issues with registering a site with "YouTube" in the name? An example ...
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Can a company take my domain away from me?
I have a domain which coincidentally is the same name of a company. Is there any legal way in which this company can take my domain away from me?
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How to best protect my web designs? Licenses?
I'm afraid one of my clients might ask his fellow software engineer to design a few page templates for a WordPress-based community I'm redesigning, according to my code and design. He just bounced me ...
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What is “condition of link to developer's website” condition in license
I want to use following icons for my commercial website for free.
http://www.gettyicons.com/free-icon/112/must-have-icon-set/free-remove-icon-png/
According to to above link:
Visual Pharm is ...
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Is collecting IP address and user agents on form submission illegal in the U.S.?
I'm creating a website where I collect the name, email, state, and an optional photo of a user. Before the user submits the form, they have to agree to the terms of the site. For testing and ...
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Would reducing the quality and/or size of images fall under fair use?
I was looking on flickchart tonight and was wondering how they legitimized the usage of movie posters on their site, as I figure that those posters would be copyrighted. However it's been online for a ...
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The Necessity of a Disclaimer
I am a blogger. I write science articles. I study science and write articles in my blog in simple words for the general public to understand. Does this require a disclaimer as I do not want to see ...
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Suspicion about Magento licencing
I have been doing webdesign for a small business in Denmark, which alrady have a deal with a larger company to create the final site.
Among this companys proposal, I see that they charge a rather ...
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Can I use a .net domain for selling goods?
I have a .net domain. I plan to use it for selling goods/commercials. Is that ok? Are there any rules about domain usage?
Thanks in advance.
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What liability concerns do advertising vendors raise, and how can I address them?
One of the websites I administer wants to provide free advertising in the form of direct links to vendors at an event they are running. Up until now, there has been no advertising whatsoever on the ...
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Is it legal for U.S. based websites to serve online gambling ads?
I have a site that hits the sweet spot for that demographic but my user base is 90% in the U.S.
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Legal terms required to email users - is opt in necessary
Creating a new site requiring membership to participate. I don't anticipate emailing members at this time except for password related issues. Perhaps down the road emails will be necessary.
I ...
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Terms and conditions for a commerce site
I am developing a website for my partner who is currently a sole trader, presently selling on ebay but we have opted to create our own site.
I've noticed that there are many sites allowing you to ...
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What can I do if someone is spoofing my site?
Someone registered a domain name that is close to mine used a different suffix (.info) and ripped off the UI. They took a screenshot of our homepage put it on their site and put up a modal window ...
