Exam 9: Internet Law, social Media, and Privacy

Broadband Inc. ,an Internet service provider,supplies information to the Federal Trade Commission concerning possible unfair or deceptive ads originating in a foreign jurisdiction.Under federal law,Broadband is

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

No court has held that it is legally acceptable for law enforcement to set up a phony social media account to catch a suspect.

An Internet service provider can disclose personal information about its customers only when ordered to do so by a court.

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

Basso includes in his song "Chords" a few seconds of Dante's copyrighted sound recording "Etudes" without permission.Some federal courts have found that such digital sampling is

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

ConnectWeb,Inc. ,operates a subscription-based service that extends the software and storage capabilities of its subscribers.This is

In entering personal information to a banking site online,a person may have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Federal guidelines allow a company to disclose material information about itself through social media as long as investors are notified in advance.

Digital sampling can constitute copyright infringement.

Sound Financials Corporation sends daily e-mail ads to its previous customers and those who have opted to receive the notices.The state in which the company is physically located has enacted an antispam law.Under federal law

A company that provides a phone to an employee for business use is not prohibited from intercepting personal communications made on it.

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

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

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

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

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

Prodigious Profit,LLC,and other companies operate social media Web sites,issue apps for mobile devices,obtain ad revenue from search engines,and sell directly to consumers from other sites.The privacy rights of the users of these products are frequently defined,not by the courts or legislatures,but by

File-sharing can be used to download others' stored music files without raising copyright issues.