What is the Scope of Use for Royalty-Free Images, Photos, and Other Materials?
When creating a website for your company, you may find yourself using materials available on the internet. In doing so, you might come across mater...
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Legal Liability for Using Images Believed to be Free Material but are Not
You may sometimes use free materials for the buttons and icons on the websites you create in-house. In such cases, you might search for images usin...
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Reputational Damage Caused by Reviews on 'Japanese Hospital Navi' and Its Countermeasures
Everyone has moments when they feel unwell and consider going to the hospital. However, for those who don't usually visit hospitals or have just mo...
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An Attorney Explains Impersonation and Account Hijacking on Facebook and Their Countermeasures
Since Facebook fundamentally requires registration and usage under real names, it is overflowing with personal information. Issues such as imperson...
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Is it Possible to Remove a Video from YouTube if Your Portrait Rights and Privacy Rights are Vio.
YouTube, a video uploading and sharing site, allows you to watch videos for free without needing to register as a member. A wide range of content i...
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How to Search and Interpret 'ANSI Whois' for Independent Domain Registrant Investigations
In the case of sites operated under what is known as a unique domain, the information of the domain registrant is registered and made public in a f...
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Cases Where Lawyers Cannot Accept Appointments in Online Defamation and Dual Representation
In another article on our site titled "Cases and Reasons for a Lawyer's Refusal to Accept a Case," we discussed the main scenarios in which a lawye...
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What is the Market Rate and Calculation Method for Damages Claims Against Defamation Offenders?
In cases of defamation on the Internet, if the perpetrator posts illegal content such as slander, the victim can make a claim for damages against t...
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What is the Standard Compensation Claim for Defamation of Honor?
When defamation is recognized, the victim is granted the right to claim damages against the perpetrator. The core of these damages is compensation ...
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Copyright and Authorship in Photo Submissions
Individuals who take photos and upload them to social media platforms like Instagram hold a right known as "copyright" over those photos. If someon...
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Defamation by Email and the Possibility of Propagation
Regarding defamation on the internet, court precedents have been accumulated mainly around postings on bulletin boards and SNS, or exchanges of mes...
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How Much is the Compensation for Privacy Invasion? A Lawyer Explains the Practical Market Rate
If defamation or invasion of privacy is recognized, it is possible to claim damages for emotional distress. Damages for emotional distress are defi...
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What are the Reputational Damage Control Measures at MyClinic?
Are you familiar with a hospital search site called MyClinic? On MyClinic, you can view reviews of the listed hospitals provided by their users. As...
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When Does a Short Response on an Anonymous Bulletin Board Become Defamation and Illegal?
A typical example of defamation is, for example, making false statements about a specific individual, such as having committed illegal acts in the ...
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