Exam 8: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy

State law may protect individuals from having to disclose their social media passwords to potential employers.

InfoFree Inc. makes and sells devices and services for the circumvention of encryption software. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, this is

Dana downloads music into her computer's random access memory, or RAM, without authorization. This is

Because of the loss of significant amounts of revenue as a result of unauthorized digital downloads, file-sharing has created problems for

Employees of Bodega Inc. maintain a password-protected social media page to "vent about work." Bodega learns of the page and intimidates the network that operates it into revealing the password. After reviewing the posts, Bodega fires the participants. Most likely, this is

Grain Mill Company brings a suit against Milled Grain Company under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, alleging that Milled Grain is profiting from a domain name that is confusingly similar to Grain Mill's trademark. If Grain Mill is successful, recovery may include

Deals Inc. provides its sales representatives with phones to use in the ordinary course of business. Deals monitors the employees' electronic communications made through the phones. This is

A social media post is not subject to discovery in litigation.

Rue obtains permission from Saga Company to use the firm's game app on Rue's mobile devices, but Rue does not obtain ownership rights in the app. This is

Skye posts excerpts from comics and graphic novels on social networking sites without the permission of the owners of the copyrights to the illustrations and stories. This is

Any party who gives information to the Federal Trade Commission concerning possible deceptive conduct in a foreign jurisdiction is immune from liability.

Flash Inc., a maker of athletic shoes, registers and uses "flash" as its domain name. Later, Got Shoes Company begins to use "flast" (an intentional misspelling of "flash") as its domain name. Got Shoes is most likely

Under the First Amendment, every U.S. citizen has a right to be forgotten with respect to outdated personal information otherwise searchable online.

Because federal wiretapping law was enacted before social media networks existed, it does not apply to communications through social media.

Using another's trademark as a meta tag may be permissible.

Payback Inc. discovers that defamatory statements about its policies are being posted in an online forum. Q Web Inc., the Internet service provider whose users are posting the messages, refuses to reveal the users' identities. To obtain those identities, Payback should initially

Jase transfers selected musical recordings, without the copyright owners' authorization, through his phone to his friends. Jase does not charge his friends for his "service." This is

Mix Restaurant Corporation owns the trademark "Mix." Remix Café Company begins to use the mark without authorization as a domain name. Mix files a suit against Remix on a theory of trademark dilution. This claim requires proof that

Mobile Device Company (MDC) discovers that defamatory statements about its products are being posted in an online forum. NuView Inc., the Internet service provider whose users are posting the messages, can disclose their identity

An Internet service provider that terminates subscribers who infringe copyrights can qualify for a "safe harbor" under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.