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Orders, subpoenas, warrants, and other legal or law-enforcement inquiries relating to Off on a Tangent are described below:
- As of October 1, 2025: No applicable orders, subpoenas, warrants, or inquiries.
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Federal, Virginia, and Local
- As of October 1, 2025: No federal court orders
- As of October 1, 2025: No federal subpoenas
- As of October 1, 2025: No federal search warrants
- As of October 1, 2025: No federal law-enforcement inquiries
- As of October 1, 2025: No national security letters
- As of October 1, 2025: No Virginia court orders
- As of October 1, 2025: No Virginia subpoenas
- As of October 1, 2025: No Virginia search warrants
- As of October 1, 2025: No Virginia law-enforcement inquiries
- As of October 1, 2025: No local law-enforcement inquiries
Other Governments
- As of October 1, 2025: No subpoenas from other U.S. states
- As of October 1, 2025: No search warrants from other U.S. states
- As of October 1, 2025: No law-enforcement inquiries from other U.S. states
- As of October 1, 2025: No subpoenas (or equivalents) from foreign governments
- As of October 1, 2025: No search warrants (or equivalents) from foreign governments
- As of October 1, 2025: No law-enforcement inquiries from foreign governments
Civil and Other
- As of October 1, 2025: No legal notifications from web service providers
- As of October 1, 2025: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices and take-downs:
- Thirty notices have been filed against videos posted by Scott Bradford on YouTube. All these claims were invalid; the affected videos were permissible under “fair use” or other provisions of U.S. copyright law. Twenty-nine claims were challenged and later dropped or withdrawn by the claimant. One claim is still under review.