Exam 9: Internet Law Social Media and Privacy

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

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

Many states require the sender of an e-mail ad to tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future e-mail ads from the sender.

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

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

Downloading music into a computer's random access memory, or RAM, without authorization is copyright infringement.

Chong transfers pirated copies of movies of television programs to an Internet site that permits users to view them without downloading them. With respect to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, this is

Sonya and other employees of TransGlobal Inc. maintain a password-protected social media page on which they post comments on work-related issues. The posts range from positive to negative, supporting the page's purpose to "vent about work." When TransGlobal learns of the page, the company intimidates Sonya into revealing the password, and after reviewing the posts, fires her and the other participants. Which federal law discussed in this chapter most likely applies to this situation? Has this law been violated? Discuss.

Under the federal law protecting trademarks, "bad faith intent" is one element of a claim of illegal cybersquatting.

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

Outsourcing Inc. registers a domain name that is the same as the trademark of Resourcing LLC and offers to sell the name to the mark's owner. 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

Interactive Entertainment Corporation markets its products online. Through the use of cookies, Interactive Entertainment and other online marketers can

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

A social media post cannot be used to invalidate a settlement agreement.

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

Federal law permits the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail to randomly generated e-mail addresses.

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

Employers are prohibited from taking actions against employees or applicants based on their social network postings.