Question 1

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​

Accepted Answer

A) the companies that own the sites and the apps. 
B) retailers who have had to change their procedures to compete. 
C) spammers, cybersquatters, and typosquatters. 
D) Internet service providers.

Question 2

Cyber torts are torts that arise from online conduct.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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​

Accepted Answer

A) unsolicited commercial e-mail. 
B) solicited commercial e-mail only. 
C) commercial e-mail to randomly generated addresses. 
D) commercial e-mail to addresses "harvested" from Web sites through the use of specialized software.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) digital sampling. 
B) cybersquatting. 
C) cloud computing. 
D) peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) none of the choices. 
B) consumers are likely to be confused by the names. 
C) the products involved are similar. 
D) CallTalk has registered all variations of the name "calltalk."

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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​

Accepted Answer

A) cybersquatting. 
B) typosquatting. 
C) trademark infringement. 
D) trademark dilution.

Question 15

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​

Accepted Answer

A) a violation of the rights of Omni's employees. 
B) a matter for which Omni must obtain its employees' consent. 
C) a subject for dispute resolution by the communications providers that Omni uses. 
D) excluded from the coverage of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.Fact Pattern 5-2 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 "calltalk" (also a deliberate misspelling of "calltalk") without CallTalk's authorization, to sell pornographic phone conversations.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) the motion picture industry. 
B) recording artists and their labels. 
C) the companies that distribute file-sharing software. 
D) all of the choices.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) diminishing the quality of CallTalk's mark. 
B) making a fair use of CallTalk's mark. 
C) licensing the use of CallTalk's mark to itself. 
D) engaging in smart competitive conduct.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) prohibits or regulates the use of spam. 
B) requires the use of spam by business entities. 
C) bans the use of spam altogether. 
D) preempts the application of state law to commercial e-mail with certain exceptions.

Question 20

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​

Accepted Answer

A) a violation of copyright law. 
B) prohibited but not a violation of copyright law. 
C) a "fair use" exception to the provisions of the act. 
D) permitted for reconsideration every three years.

Exam 5: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy

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​

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

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

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

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