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What would happen if copyright were extended (almost) indefinitely? |
I want to check up on a second hand car dealer in the UK to see if they've had any small claims court cases against them (and preferably the result of these cases). Is there any publicly available resource to see this kind of information? |
Is there a (free) way to search small claims court records in the UK? |
First, this is a pretty broad question, but I will try to answer.
Briefly ([from the wiki page][1]):
>All copyrightable works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain;[18] works created before 1978 but not published until recently may be protected until 2047.[19] For works that received... |
Suppose a borrower applied for, and got a mortgage from a bank, by reporting an income for several years of say, $100,000 a year. Suppose this borrower had zero *legal* income during this time, but had income from illegal sources (of a kind that can be reverted or "clawed back") of over $100,000 a year.
Could the bo... |
What are the legal implications if a borrower gets a loan through reporting "illegal" income? |
According to Dorf in "[No Litmus Test: Law Versus Politics in the Twenyt-first Century][1]" revolution "is the repudiation of the existing legal regime." He goes on to state that "any change at all could be authorized by a successful revolution - in the sense that after the revolution the legal rules that existed under... |
See *[Golan v. Holder](http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf)* 565 U. S. ____ (2012).
The question was whether Congress could pass a law that caused works in the public domain to regain copyright.
The Supreme Court held that:
> The text of the Copyright Clause does not exclude application of co... |
See *[Golan v. Holder](http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf)* 565 U. S. ____ (2012).
The question was whether Congress could pass a law that caused works in the public domain to regain copyright.
The Supreme Court held that:
> The text of the Copyright Clause does not exclude application of co... |
This is in relation to a comment on [this][1] question that I also made.
In one of the comments, one of the users made this statement:
> The Fourteenth Amendment talks about states (and Puerto Rico is not one), not about the federal government. "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privi... |
Why the same-sex marriage Supreme Court decision applies also to Puerto Rico when the Fourteen Amendment does not apply to territories? |
Is there a (preferably free) way to search small claims court records in the UK? |
My landlord in Texas has the whole residential lease contract formatted for Legal paper, but, for whichever reason, they instead print the PDF as zoomed out on Letter, and the whole thing becomes unreadable small print with wide empty stripes left and right ("no text was cut", they proclaim).
Supposedly, their said ... |
Can a Texas landlord have the rental contract microscopic / unreadable? |
See *[Golan v. Holder](http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf)* 565 U. S. ____ (2012).
The question was whether Congress could pass a law that caused works in the public domain to regain copyright.
The Supreme Court held that:
> The text of the Copyright Clause does not exclude application of co... |
Requesting a brief from the Attorney General effectively allows the court to determine the length and strength of arguments the Federal Government might bring. Additionally, the law is never clear enough as it is. That is why courts exist, to apply current law to the facts as it determines them, in the case before it.
... |
If you had a connection to a congressman, and spoke to him directly, and said vote yes (or no) on a bill and I will give your upcoming campaign $1M dollars, would that be considered legal under US law? |
Is it legal to directly tie a campaign donation to how a US Congressman votes on a bill? |
In 2014, regarding the forced disclosure of the encryption keys of his email service provider company Lavabit, [Ladar Levison wrote][1]:
> The largest technological question we raised in our appeal (**which the
> courts refused to consider**) was what constitutes a "search", i.e.,
> whether law enforcement can dem... |
Can US courts be made to define the limits of reasonable search? |
In order to answer your question we have to parse out an exact meaning for the individual fragments of the question: "Teach someone to play a copyrighted song"
* What do we mean by "teach someone" here?
YouTube is a public medium unless you're using some unlisted videos or have some kind of external website wher... |
In order to answer your question we have to parse out an exact meaning for the individual fragments of the question: "Teach someone to play a copyrighted song"
* What do we mean by "teach someone" here?
YouTube is a public medium unless you're using some unlisted videos or have some kind of external website wher... |
My landlord in Texas has the whole residential lease contract formatted for Legal paper, but, for whichever reason, they instead print the PDF as zoomed out on Letter, and the whole thing becomes unreadable small print with wide empty stripes left and right ("no text was cut", they proclaim).
They claim their proced... |
Requesting an amicus brief from the Attorney General effectively allows the court to determine the length and strength of arguments the Federal Government might bring. Additionally, the law is never clear enough as it is. That is why courts exist, to apply current law to the facts as it determines them, in the case bef... |
According to Dorf in "[No Litmus Test: Law Versus Politics in the Twenty-first Century][1]" revolution "is the repudiation of the existing legal regime." He goes on to state that "any change at all could be authorized by a successful revolution – in the sense that after the revolution the legal rules that existed... |
According to Dorf in "[No Litmus Test: Law Versus Politics in the Twenty-first Century][1]" revolution "is the repudiation of the existing legal regime." He goes on to state that "any change at all could be authorized by a successful revolution – in the sense that after the revolution the legal rules that existed... |
In order to answer your question we have to parse out an exact meaning for the individual fragments of the question: "Teach someone to play a copyrighted song"
* What do we mean by "teach someone" here?
YouTube is a public medium unless you're using some unlisted videos or have some kind of external website wher... |
Can US courts be made to define whether a given search is reasonable (i.e. constitutional)? |
According to Dorf in "[No Litmus Test: Law Versus Politics in the Twenty-first Century][1]" revolution "is the repudiation of the existing legal regime." He goes on to state that "any change at all could be authorized by a successful revolution – in the sense that after the revolution the legal rules that existed... |
Recently, I've been receiving calls from Conserve, a company that provides `private and confidential services to private and public companies` (as stated by the agent on the phone). This immediately made me suspicious, and when I asked for more information, they simply stated that they could not give me any more inform... |
Can a debt collection agency tell a half truth about who they are? |
The [5th Amendment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Due_process) and the [14th Amendment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Due_Process_Clause) both have [due process clauses](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_Process_Clause... |
Why was the due process clause added to the 14th Amendment? |
I am in Washington state. Recently, I've been receiving calls from Conserve, a company that provides `private and confidential services to private and public companies` (as stated by the agent on the phone). This immediately made me suspicious, and when I asked for more information, they simply stated that they could n... |
A friend of mine posted about how someone keeps stealing her food at work, and I recommended she lace it with some insanely hot hot sauce. Someone else commented that she could be liable for poisoning someone if she did that.
The thief is already ignoring written labels saying 'private' and 'do not take this if you... |
My company has started doing business with several Japanese clients and we are moving beyond a letter of intent to a master service agreement. We have a standard template we use for all of our clients; however, it's currently in english. I don't want to pay to have it translated into Japanese.
I'm wondering if ther... |
Master Service Agreement templates in Japanese? |
United States court cases are commonly cited like this:
> *Obergefell v. Hodges*, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
So... what is "___" here? |
What does the long underscore in United States case citations stand for? |
I am an American tourist visiting France, and take a picture of the Eiffel Tower at night, the tower being the main and central subject of the picture.
Going back to the US, I upload this picture to my website under a CC-BY-SA license.
Can I be sued for infringing the copyright of the Eiffel Tower's lighting desi... |
Can I be sued for posting a night picture of the Eiffel Tower under CC-BY-SA? |
I'm reading the terms of use for Gogo Inflight, and in the part about refunds its basically saying how they aren't going to prorate your service if you cancel, then its says "subject to applicable laws".
Are there any federal or state (Massachusetts) laws that force a service provider to prorate the cost or do a ref... |
My company has started doing business with several Japanese clients and we are moving beyond a letter of intent to a master service agreement. We have a standard template we use for all of our clients; however, it's currently in english. I don't want to pay to have it translated into Japanese.
I'm wondering if ther... |
I'd like to start a home business repackaging food in New York State in the US. For example, let's say I'm buying 10kg bags of rice from the supermarket and I want to put them into jars each containing 250g.
I started on the assumption that the state would not approve if I started doing that without any permits, so... |
To start a home business repackaging food in NY/US, who do I need to register with? |
In England and Wales, how can a plaintiff remain private and confidential? |
Suppose that a plaintiff wants to bring a lawsuit but keep his/her identity confidential, in either a criminal or a civil case.
The plaintiff refuses to tell either the general public or the media who he/she is. When is this possible? Who decides this request for privacy? Does the plaintiff ever have to choose betwe... |
Suppose a borrower applied for, and got a mortgage from a bank, by reporting an income for several years of say, $100,000 a year. Suppose this borrower had zero *legal* income during this time, but had income from illegal sources? of over $100,000 a year.
Could the borrower be found guilty of lying on the loan appl... |
So the facts right now are:
* theft is foreseeable
* injury is foreseeable
If you poison the food in a situation where a reasonable person would foresee theft and subsequent injury, then you are liable for at least the tort of negligence if the thief is in fact injured.
Simply adding a note saying "don't stea... |
What licenses and registrations are required to start a home business repackaging food in NY? |
I'm reading the terms of use for Gogo Inflight, and in the part about refunds it says they aren't going to prorate your service if you cancel, then it says, "subject to applicable laws."
Are there any federal or state (Massachusetts) laws that force a service provider to prorate the cost or do a refund for the diffe... |
Are there any laws the require subscription services to be prorated? |
(I'm taking for granted that the question is about the application of poison to food, and I'm answering the general question about liability for poisoning food expected to be stolen. Whether application of a particular hot sauce meets that assumption is outside the scope of my answer.)
The facts right now are:
* ... |
Under the HIPAA and HITECH Regulations (US) is it required for a system to record an audit trail for every time a user accesses any PHI(Protected Health Information)?
As I understand it, an audit trail of user logins is required, as well as any time a user adds, edits, or deletes PHI. Does simply viewing / accessing... |
Log Viewing Specific Patient PHI? |
They don't have to inform you that they are a debt collector. Because that can be a violation of [15 U.S.C. Section 1692b(2)][1] by exposing that the person they are attempting to collect from has a debt. They are required to:
> identify himself, state that he is confirming or correcting location information concern... |
My parked car was involved in a hit and run accident outside of my house. Luckily, one of my neighbors saw the incident happen and the other driver ended up getting caught and cited by the police for it.
The driver is a minor, so his father is handling the ordeal. He is very insistent that we not go through insura... |
sorry if the question is not in the right section.
I moved into a house and started paying rent of $110 per week however I was unaware that none of the other tenants (and hence myself) were on a contract so we were essentially squatters. The electricity bill was also in the name of another tenant living there. After... |
Pay electricity bill after being evicted on no contract? |
I moved into a house and started paying rent of $110 per week however I was unaware that none of the other tenants (and hence myself) were on a contract so we were essentially squatters. The electricity bill was also in the name of another tenant living there. After a while we were evicted by the landlord as we did not... |
I am not a lawyer, I am not a lawyer.
You do not cite a jurisdiction so this makes it very difficult to get a definitive answer. What follows is for Australia but the general principles are common law and would be applicable to other common law jurisdictions except where statues apply or case law has diverged.
In... |
_I am not a lawyer; I am not your lawyer._
You do not cite a jurisdiction so this makes it very difficult to get a definitive answer. What follows is for Australia but the general principles are common law and would be applicable to other common law jurisdictions except where statues apply or case law has diverged.
... |
My parked car was involved in a hit and run accident outside of my house. Luckily, one of my neighbors saw the incident happen and the other driver ended up getting caught and cited by the police for it.
The driver is a minor, so his father is handling the ordeal. He is very insistent that we not go through insura... |
What are possible motives for avoiding insurance in an auto accident? |
_I am not a lawyer; I am not your lawyer._
You do not cite a jurisdiction so this makes it very difficult to get a definitive answer. What follows is for Australia but the general principles are common law and would be applicable to other common law jurisdictions except where statues apply or case law has diverged.
... |
I have been living in UK for 10 years, lived in 5 different places. Only one of my previous landlords used to renew the contract every year. By renewing I mean signing a new contract and new dates but NO changes.
Is it necessary to do that? when there is no changes in the circumstances or the line above validates th... |
For some reason I've been looking for an official term for a person or company (agent?) acting on behalf of other organization (principal?). Example is company A wants to construct a factory in country C. So company A hires company B to negotiate with officials of country C to make an agreement.
Can you please provi... |
We live in a three-unit condo, with three trustees who act by majority vote. We're interested in adding a second bathroom to ours, an improvement which affects the common areas (plumbing) and therefore needs trustee approval. We have that, with a 2-1 vote. But, the people voting no are saying that since there is a page... |
Is the description of number of rooms prescriptive or descriptive in Massachusetts condo docs? |
I recently bought a second hand car from a fairly small dealership. Within 60 miles of driving the engine management light came on. I took it back and they diagnosed the problem as being the catalytic converter and said this wasn't covered by the warranty as it is classified as "wear and tear".
They cleared the faul... |
UK second hand car - should catalytic converter be covered under sale of goods act? |
We live in a three-unit condo, with three trustees (one per unit) who act by majority vote. We're interested in adding a second bathroom to ours, an improvement which affects the common areas (plumbing) and therefore needs trustee approval. We have that, with a 2-1 vote. But, the people voting no are saying that since ... |
Wireless technologies, such as [wi-fi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi), [cellular 4G networks]() and [satellite communication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G) are all radio-based under the hood. Meaning that they all send and receive radio signals, inside of regulated bandwidths, as their underlying form of comm... |
Who regulates wirless radio communication in North America and Europe? |
I recently bought a second hand car from a fairly small dealership. Within 60 miles of driving the engine management light came on. I took it back and they diagnosed the problem as being the catalytic converter and said this wasn't covered by the warranty as it is classified as "wear and tear".
They cleared the faul... |
UK second hand car - should catalytic converter be covered under Sale of Goods Act? |
Wireless technologies, such as [Wi-Fi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi), [cellular 4G networks]() and [satellite communication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G) are all radio-based under the hood. Meaning that they all send and receive radio signals, inside of regulated bandwidths, as their underlying form of comm... |
Who regulates wireless radio communication in North America and Europe? |
Wireless technologies, such as [Wi-Fi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi), [cellular 4G networks]() and [satellite communication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G) are all radio-based under the hood. Meaning that they all send and receive radio signals, inside of regulated bandwidths, as their underlying form of comm... |
I was reading about the bakery that has been fined for refusing to provide a cake for a lesbian couple:
http://jezebel.com/bakery-that-refused-to-bake-cake-for-lesbian-couple-mus-1715747809
... and I wondered what rights retail store owners have for when they can or cannot refuse service.
If a couple came i... |
When it it okay as a retail store owner to refuse service to a customer? |
We live in a three-unit condo, with three trustees (one per unit) who act by majority vote. We're interested in adding a second bathroom to ours — by converting an existing small room rather than building or taking common area. Even though we're not changing the footprint, this is an improvement which affects the commo... |
Why is "as is" in quotes in the GPL? |
When is it okay as a retail store owner to refuse service to a customer? |
My car was impounded in MD due to expired tags. I've since paid the state and county fines for this, but the county police use a private impound lot which charges exorbitant fees for storage. MD law gives county officials the right to take possession of a car for unpaid fines, and authorizes them to contract the servic... |
What prevents me from using vehicle anti-theft laws to regain possession of an impounded car in Maryland? |
The GitHub help pages says that
> You're under no obligation to choose a license. It's your right not to include one with your code or project, but please be aware of the implications. Generally speaking, the absence of a license means that the default copyright laws apply. This means that you retain all rights to ... |
If no open source license is given on a github account, what rules apply? |
[This question on Money.SE](http://money.stackexchange.com/questions/28530/defaulting-on-credit-cards-before-leaving-the-country?rq=1) concerned a person who had taken out a number of loans. He didn't intend to repay these loans in full, planning instead to default and leave the country. Several posters on Money.SE c... |
Is it a crime to take out a loan with no intention to repay? |
[This question on Money.SE](http://money.stackexchange.com/questions/28530/defaulting-on-credit-cards-before-leaving-the-country?rq=1) concerned a person who had taken out a number of loans. He didn't intend to repay these loans in full, planning instead to default and leave the country. Several posters on Money.SE c... |
What's the best way to collect evidence to be prepared to sue for robocalling like in *[King v Time Warner Cable](http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Sued-For-Robocalling-Wrong-Woman153-Times-134405), U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 14-02018* ([conclusion in html](http://law.jus... |
How do you collect evidence to sue for robocalling? |
I've come to an issue that FCC.gov's [DoNotCall.gov](http://donotcall.gov) list does not accept Canadian area codes.
However, I kept getting unwanted calls from several American companies trying to scam me with their extended warranty for my US car, possibly not getting the memo that they're calling my Canadian numb... |
What do you do if you get bothersome local calls to an international number? |
I have created a card game, the idea is somewhere between poker and slots. I hope to create a website to monetise the game but do not know whether I am able to patent the game so to stop big companies from stealing the game. How effective is a patent at protecting a card game? Also, if so, then must I patent all small ... |
Can you patent a card game? |
The [Tripartite free-trade agreement][1] was recently signed between various African nations, and includes the following text in its principles:
> The principles governing this Agreement shall be the following:
>
> [...]
>
> e) building on the *acquis*;
This term is not defined in the text. My understanding... |
How might the mention of "the acquis" amongst the principles of an international treaty affect its interpretation? |
Although the term *acquis* is very commonly (almost always?) used to refer to EU precedent, the word roughly translates as "that which has been agreed" and there's no reason that other legal communities can't use it to refer to their own body of previous decisions. Perhaps [Wikipedia][1] and [Wiktionary][2] are both m... |
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