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11 Laws You Could be Breaking Without Knowing

 

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11 Laws You Could Be Breaking Without Knowing It

America has more laws on the books [& more people in jail] than in any other nation...

Seriously? Fibbing about the weather is a crime? This and other little-known legal traps await the unwary.

You’re an honest, upstanding citizen. You pay taxes. You obey traffic signals. You don’t even jaywalk.

But there are federal and state laws that you may be breaking without even realizing it.

See if you’re guilty of violating any of these laws that follow. Some can carry fines or even jail time.

Gambling

No, you don’t have a roulette wheel in your house. But if you play a friendly game of poker or other gambling games — even at home — you may well be breaking the law in some states.

Notes the website HomePokerGames:

“Some states explicitly allow home poker games, some states explicitly prohibit them, and some states don’t have a stated policy towards them (which means they are illegal by default). About half of all states allow ‘social games.'”

Your best bet when gambling at home is to keep the stakes low and make sure everyone is there for social reasons, according to HomePokerGames, which offers more guidance and resources. The effect of the game on neighbors, whether it is advertised and the number of players involved are other factors that can draw attention to a home game.

2. Hosting a movie night

Do you know that dense wording about copyrights that flashes on the screen when you play a DVD? It’s important.

One thing it says is that if you play the film, television show or other recording in public, you’re violating copyright laws.

That means if you play the video for your neighborhood group, co-workers or swim club, you could face fines of up to $150,000 and other penalties — even if you show it in your backyard where others can see it.

If you show a film outside your home, do it safely. The Motion Picture Licensing Corp. explains the rules and issues licenses that allow sharing a recording with others.

3. Sharing your Netflix password

You may be surprised to learn that sharing your password for Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now and similar services was deemed a violation of federal law in 2016. Regardless, some bigger services, including Netflix, previously have taken a relaxed attitude about password sharing.

That may be changing, though, as competition among companies intensifies. Recently, Netflix announced it’s cracking down on password sharing, and it plans to charge customers in some countries (not the U.S., at least for now) more to share their accounts.

Wired magazine gives several options, including using a password manager, for safely sharing passwords.

Companies’ rules vary. To be sure you are on the right side of the law, read the terms and conditions on your streaming service’s website — here are Netflix’s, for example.

4. Singing ‘Macarena’ in public

 

More at:

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/21-laws-you-could-be-breaking-without-knowing-it/?utm_campaign=21-laws-you-could-be-breaking-without-knowing-it&utm_source=ne

 

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10 Steps to Take Immediately When SHTF

Every emergency response organization in the world, whether it be military, police, fire departments or the Red Cross, has written contingency plans that detail what to do when everything goes wrong. There’s a good reason for that; it’s because our brains tend to stop functioning at that time, as adrenalin floods our bloodstream as part of the “fight or flight” response.

That’s how we end up with people running out of a burning building, rescuing their parakeet, while forgetting their child or hiding their wallet in their boat that’s sinking. They’re just not thinking.  

A written plan is different. That plan can be written out when there is time to think things through calmly and thoroughly. We can go back, taking a look at something over again, to make sure we didn’t miss it. We have the luxury of time to weigh the pros and cons of different options, ultimately deciding what will work best for us in pour particular situation...

10 Steps to Take Immediately When SHTF

 

SIDEBAR:

35 Unusual Uses for Borax

Borax (also known as sodium borate) is a naturally-occurring mineral found in soil, plants, and even our own bodies. When I was growing up, my mom used it as a laundry booster, which is what most people use it for. In my twenties, I learned to use it as an ingredient in homemade laundry detergent. Then in my thirties, I was surprised to discover over 30 other things you can do with borax!

Granted, most of these uses have nothing to do with survival. But what I love about versatile items like vinegar, baking soda, and borax is they eliminate the need to store lots of cleaning supplies.

One four-pound box can be used to clean almost anything around the house and it takes up very little space, leaving you room to store more important things, like food. That's why I recommend adding borax to your survival supplies...

35 Unusual Uses for Borax


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3 comments:

Anna said...

We live in a Nanny State where our masters create so many laws in order to subjicate the natives; AND, the fines generated by courts & bureaucrats add more cash to their coffers!

Isabel said...

I can think of some laws I's like to break regarding the socialists/communists infecting our government!

Rick said...

Does anyone know if Joe Biden realizes he's a lawbreaker?