MetaTalk posts tagged with legality

Unethical? Check. Immoral? Check. Tell me how to do it, AskMe.

bricoleur — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:19:56 -0800

Why is this question not over the line? Where, exactly, would the line be drawn in this case?

You need a license for that.

konolia — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:48:40 -0800

This question needs to be deleted or at the very least anonymized. The OP is asking advice, albeit unwittingly, on how to break real estate law.

How afraid should we be of publicizing MeFi Music covers?

John Kenneth Fisher — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:48:13 -0800

How afraid should we be of publicizing that Metafilter Music has some great covers? I know we're sort of under the radar on MeFi Music covers, but if I had an opportunity to point out some of the good cover songs found on MeFi in a medium-profile place (relatively high as far as the web goes, low for humanity overall,) would that be a bad idea? I don't want to be responsible for, as Cortex once put it, cover holocaust, but it seems silly to put something on the web to enjoy and then try to keep it secret....

get out of jail free

apple scruff — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:14:01 -0800

Why are people attempting to help this person's girlfriend?

Flamewars may cause burning sensation; consult your doctor.

Riki tiki — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:40:25 -0800

Shetland Ponyfilter: small feature request, it may be time to surrender to the litigiousness of the modern world and add a disclaimer to AskMe thread pages.

Is this post facilitating copyright infringement?

ZenMasterThis — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:54:37 -0800

Is this post facilitating copyright infringement?

Dealing with illegal questions on AskMe

jjg — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:46:20 -0800

Do we need a note on the AskMe "post a question" page that says "Please don't ask for advice on how to do something illegal"?

Are these appropriate?

b1tr0t — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:58:04 -0800

First a bomb guide, now a request for a meth how-to. While these are both interesting posts, they do not seem appropriate for metafilter. Am I crazy?

We're not the pirates you're looking for

scarabic — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:01:54 -0800

The inside track: requests for pirate copies of movies (even films you're too busy to see) are not cool here.

Is it illegal to post information here that would enable someone else to do something illegal?

bonaldi — Sun, 04 Jan 2004 13:23:35 -0800

Matt doesn't want it but it seems a bit harmless to me. Is it illegal to post information here that would enable someone else to do something illegal? Bearing in mind that any possible crime in this case would take place in Portugal. What could happen to Matt+MeFi if we put up enabling information here? Any lawyers?