Question 1

Employees, clients, and others with authorization use World Transport Corporation's network around the globe to share computer files. This is

Accepted Answer

A) an invasion of privacy. 
B) trademark and copyright infringement. 
C) digital sampling. 
D) a distributed network.

Question 2

Russ registers a domain name-sweetfriedpotatos.com-that is a misspelling of a popular brand-sweetfriedpotatoes.com. This is

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

With respect to spam, thirty-seven states

Accepted Answer

A) prohibit or regulate it. 
B) permit its use by business entities. 
C) prescribe its use. 
D) preempt the application of federal law on the same subject.

Question 4

Under the Communications Decency Act, Internet service providers are liable as publishers of defamatory statements that come from a third party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Flash Inc., a maker of athletic shoes, registers and uses "flash" as its domain name. Later, Got Shoes Company begins to use "flast" (an intentional misspelling of "flash")as its domain name. Got Shoes is most likely

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Digital sampling can constitute copyright infringement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Sales Corps Inc. provides tablets for its employees to use "in the ordinary course of its business." Sales Corps intercepts the employees' business communications made on these devices. Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, this is

Accepted Answer

A) prohibited. 
B) a matter for which an employer must obtain employees' consent. 
C) a subject for dispute resolution by an Internet service provider. 
D) permissible.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) immune from liability. 
B) subject to liability if the information is false. 
C) subject to liability if the ads were sent through Broadband's service. 
D) subject to liability in the foreign jurisdiction, but not in the United States.

Question 10

To test computer security and conduct encryption research, Solutions Inc. circumvents the encryption software and other antipiracy protection of Tech Corporation's software. 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 .

Question 11

"Dawn" is a song included in the sound track of "eDay," a movie produced and distributed by FasTrac Corporation. The song features a digital sampling of a few seconds of the guitar solo of one of George Harrison's copyrighted sound recordings without permission. Does this digital sampling constitute copyright infringement on the part of FasTrac? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The answer of "Dawn" is a song included in the...

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) only when ordered to do so by a court. 
B) whenever and however the provider chooses. 
C) only in egregious circumstances. 
D) in no circumstances.

Question 14

Cybersquatting is illegal only if a domain name is identical to the trademark of another, not if the name is merely confusingly similar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

To protect a trademark against typosquatting, a company should attempt to register potential misspellings of the mark.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Without authorization, Ben uses the trademark of Cielo Coffee Company to promote cheap, flavorless candy, which is not similar to Cielo's products but diminishes the quality of the coffee company's mark. This is

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

A license may limit the use of a software application to a specific device.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Haute Dawgs Corporation allows its trademark to be used as part of a domain name for Haute Dawgs NY Inc., an unaffiliated company. Haute Dawgs NY does not obtain ownership rights in the mark. This is

Accepted Answer

A) trademark infringement. 
B) fair use. 
C) a license. 
D) trademark dilution.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) dilution. 
B) peer-to-peer (P2P)networking. 
C) cloud computing. 
D) a distributed network.

Question 20

"Fair use" cannot be asserted as a defense to a charge of copyright infringement in a dispute concerning digital sampling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Internet Law Social Media and Privacy

Employees, clients, and others with authorization use World Transport Corporation's network around the globe to share computer files. This is

Russ registers a domain name-sweetfriedpotatos.com-that is a misspelling of a popular brand-sweetfriedpotatoes.com. This is

With respect to spam, thirty-seven states

Under the Communications Decency Act, Internet service providers are liable as publishers of defamatory statements that come from a third party.

Flash Inc., a maker of athletic shoes, registers and uses "flash" as its domain name. Later, Got Shoes Company begins to use "flast" (an intentional misspelling of "flash") as its domain name. Got Shoes is most likely

Digital sampling can constitute copyright infringement.

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

Sales Corps Inc. provides tablets for its employees to use "in the ordinary course of its business." Sales Corps intercepts the employees' business communications made on these devices. Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, this is

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

To test computer security and conduct encryption research, Solutions Inc. circumvents the encryption software and other antipiracy protection of Tech Corporation's software. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, this is

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

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

Cybersquatting is illegal only if a domain name is identical to the trademark of another, not if the name is merely confusingly similar.

To protect a trademark against typosquatting, a company should attempt to register potential misspellings of the mark.

Without authorization, Ben uses the trademark of Cielo Coffee Company to promote cheap, flavorless candy, which is not similar to Cielo's products but diminishes the quality of the coffee company's mark. This is

A license may limit the use of a software application to a specific device.

Haute Dawgs Corporation allows its trademark to be used as part of a domain name for Haute Dawgs NY Inc., an unaffiliated company. Haute Dawgs NY does not obtain ownership rights in the mark. This is

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

"Fair use" cannot be asserted as a defense to a charge of copyright infringement in a dispute concerning digital sampling.