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Brute force, mass image production copyright trolling?
Let's say I have an "infinite computer" that could iterate through and generate 1000x1000px images iterating through all colour combinations (I understand there would be waaaaaay too much data, but let's suppose). Then I go and claim these images as…
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Is it legal to acquire radioactive materials from a smoke detector (in the USA)?
I was recently reading about a Boy Scout that created a nuclear reactor from scratch, and I was wondering if it's legal to acquire radioactive materials from a smoke detector. I'm aware that he was arrested for stealing some from a nearby hotel, but…
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Does revealing the owner of an anonymous forum account breach GDPR (or other) laws?
This whole thing is to do with using an IP address to identify an anonymous forum account and then sharing details of the ownership of this account with another member.
I will explain the best I can:
I'm a creative professional and frequent a forum…
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Clicking ads as a form of protest or boycott
Would it be legal to click on ads on the internet, as a form of protest or boycott, making the advertisers waste time, money, or resources for something that you are not actually interested in? What exactly would make it legal or illegal, and why?…
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Can I sue for being banned from a federal museum?
When I was three years old, my dad received a notice from our local interpretive center banning him and his children from the premises. This museum is federal property, coordinated and overseen by US fish and wildlife and the Corps of Engineers. We…
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(When) are police required to identify themselves?
It was my understanding that when a citizen asks for an officer's name and badge number, they're required to provide it to you (in Michigan).
Is there a law pertaining to this? If so, is it only the case if I'm being detained, cited, or arrested, or…
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is estate responsible for debt of car-loan co-signed by the decedant?
My mother co-signed a car loan for her grandson ~3 years prior to her death . He defaulted on the loan and the car was repo'd AFTER her death. Can the loan company come after her WV estate for the debt? The car was sold prior to the estate receiving…
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The legal length of one month
Referring specifically to employment contracts in England, I've seen contracts that specify "one month of notice" to be given before termination of the contract.
This does not specify whether this means one calendar month or a specific number of…
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If I live in the US can I be prosecuted for answers describing illegal activities?
The internet allows for some level of anonymity and occasionally you will find posts that give detailed descriptions of how to perform an activity that is illegal. Examples may include how to covertly grow marijuana, or swindle money.
If I live in…
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Is it illegal to discriminate against refugees or immigrants based on their religion?
If you live in the U.S, or you keep up with U.S politics, you've probably heard how state governors aren't allowing Syrian refugees into their states, and some politicians only want to allow Christan refugees into the U.S. This led me to wonder, is…
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Why would Twitter not be able to flag / annotate / censor any content it sees fit?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/
As I understand it, the 1st amendment is to protect 'free speech' from government censorship, not platform censorship. Is this not correct? In others…
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Sputnik-era NSF-funded books: is this a license?
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, which also had the unintended side effect of launching frantic attempts in the US to reform math and science education. A common pattern in these efforts was that the NSF encouraged university professors…
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US law: what exact time is a person considered legally 18?
Say a person was born at noon on January 1st, 2000. Under US law, what is the exact time that person legally turns 18? Is it the midnight before January 1st 2018, or the midnight after, or noon, or something else?
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Not registering my US born child of 1 US parent as a US citizen
I, a US citizen, married my wife, from EU country (not Britain), in the US. We live in the US while my wife finishes school (2-3 years) on an F1 visa and then plan to move to back to the EU. My wife will give birth to our child in the US, but I…
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Where are non-binary and intersex prisoners kept?
I have been racking my brain trying to figure this out.
When a non-binary character has to be imprisoned, how is the correctional facility determined since most if not all are binary?
My particular interest is on intersex, genderfluid, and agender…
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