Exam 7: Internet Law, social Media, and Privacy

To maintain a suit for the invasion of privacy,a person must have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the particular situation.

No federal court has held that digitally sampling a copyrighted sound recording of any length constitutes copyright infringement.

Fact Pattern 7-2. CallTalk Corporation,a smartphone and phone-time seller,chooses to use and register "calltalk" as its domain name. Later,CallTalk's less successful competitor,CellTalk Company,chooses to use and register "caltalk" (an intentional misspelling of "calltalk")as its domain name. Still later,Call&Talk,Inc.,uses the domain name "callltalk" (also a deliberate misspelling of "calltalk")without CallTalk's authorization,to sell pornographic phone conversations. -Refer to Fact Pattern 7-2. By using a domain name similar to CallTalk's,CellTalk is most likely

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 noncommercial purposes.

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

BeFriends Corporation uses the trademark of Community Life Inc.,a social media site,as a meta tag without Community Life's permission. This may be permissible

Fact Pattern 7-2. CallTalk Corporation,a smartphone and phone-time seller,chooses to use and register "calltalk" as its domain name. Later,CallTalk's less successful competitor,CellTalk Company,chooses to use and register "caltalk" (an intentional misspelling of "calltalk")as its domain name. Still later,Call&Talk,Inc.,uses the domain name "callltalk" (also a deliberate misspelling of "calltalk")without CallTalk's authorization,to sell pornographic phone conversations. -Refer to Fact Pattern 7-2. CallTalk wants to sue Call&Talk for its unauthorized use of the domain name "callltalk" on a theory of trademark dilution. This claim requires proof that

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

Fact Pattern 7-2. CallTalk Corporation,a smartphone and phone-time seller,chooses to use and register "calltalk" as its domain name. Later,CallTalk's less successful competitor,CellTalk Company,chooses to use and register "caltalk" (an intentional misspelling of "calltalk")as its domain name. Still later,Call&Talk,Inc.,uses the domain name "callltalk" (also a deliberate misspelling of "calltalk")without CallTalk's authorization,to sell pornographic phone conversations. -Refer to Fact Pattern 7-2. Call&Talk's use of the domain name "callltalk," without CallTalk's authorization,to sell pornographic phone conversations,is

BurgerBoy Restaurant Corporation allows its trademark to be used as part of a domain name for BurgerBoyNY,Inc.,an unaffiliated company. BurgerBoyNYdoes not obtain ownership rights in the mark. This is

Much of the material on the Internet,including software and database information,is not copyrighted.

Downloading music into a computer's random access memory,or RAM,is not copyright infringement,even if it is done without authorization.

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

Mobile Device Company (MDC)discovers that defamatory statements about its policies and products are being posted in an online forum. NuView Inc.,the Internet service provider whose users are posting the messages,refuses to disclose the identity of the person or persons responsible. MDC should

Federal wiretapping law covers electronic forms of communication.

Global Reach Corporation uses invisible files created on the computers,smartphones,and other mobile devices of visitors to its Web sites to track the users' browsing activities. These files are

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

An Internet service provider is liable for any act of copyright infringement by its customer.

Keisha is an employee of Leeway Corporation. She uses social media in a way that violates her employer's stated social media policies. Leeway first disciplinesits employee and then,after a second transgression,fires her. This is

Social media users can post trademarked images or copyrighted materials without infringing the owners' rights,even if it is done without permission.