Exam 5: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy

Copious Bounty, 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​

Cyber torts are torts that arise from online conduct.

It is frequently the companies rather than courts or legislatures that are defining the privacy rights of their online users.

Refer to Fact Pattern 5-1. One of the advertisers-either Sound Financials or Instable Investments-is acting within the bounds of federal law. Federal law permits the sending of​

Federal law prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from cooperating and sharing information with foreign agencies in investigating and prosecuting those involved in spamming.

The employees of The Car Company share company-related resources among multiple computers without requiring a central network server. This is​

Penalties exist for anyone who circumvents encryption software or other technological antipiracy protection without authorization.

Refer to Fact Pattern 5-2. CallTalk wants to sue Call&Talk for its unauthorized use of the domain name "calltalk" on a theory of trademark dilution. This claim requires proof that

An employer may have a right to terminate a person based on his or her violation of the employer's social media policy.

Using another's trademark in a meta tag does not normally constitute trademark infringement, even if it is done without the owner's permission.

The law does not restrict the "fair use" of methods for the circumvention of encryption software or other technological antipiracy protection for educational and other non commercial purposes.

Cybersquatting occurs when key words are inserted into a Web site's key-words coding to tell Internet browsers specific information about a Web page.

Using a domain name that is identical or similar to the trademark of another is legal.

Tech Outsourcing, Inc., registers a domain name that is the same as, or confusingly similar to, the trademark of Tech Resourcing Corporation and then offers to sell the domain name back to Tech Resourcing. This is​

Omni Corporation provides cell phones, laptops, and tablets for its employees to use "in the ordinary course of its business." Omni intercepts the employees' business communications made on these devices. This is​

Employers cannot monitor employees' electronic communications made in the ordinary course of business.

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

Refer to Fact Pattern 5-2. By using a domain name similar to CallTalk's, CellTalk is most likely​

Refer to Fact Pattern 5-1. In those states with antispam laws, federal law​

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