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Ask HN: Legal compliance for small side projects

To fix my paranoia, can I get some case studies for what's the worst that can happen for messing up terms of service / privacy policies?

Fines for $xx billions for messing up COPPA compliance like in Silicon Valley(the HBO show) is probably not real: https://youtu.be/JNuTcsp4SvA?t=40

But what's something more realistic that actually happened before?

My specific website has user generated content which blows up the legal complexity a lot (intellectual property rights, DMCA compliance, user accounts which means GDPR stuff).

Is there any scenario where I can't just fold up shop and run away? Do I need to be doing the project under some LLC?

4 points zawerf 8 years ago 6 comments

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