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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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Dana downloads music into her computer's random access memory, or RAM, without authorization. This is


A) copyright infringement.
B) within Dana's rights as a computer user.
C) a basis of liability for the computer maker if it does not act against Dana.
D) none of the choices.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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


A) track individuals' Web browsing activities.
B) gain access to competitors' servers.
C) "sweet talk" consumers into buying certain products.
D) attack competitors' Web sites.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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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


A) a violation of the Stored Communications Act.
B) within the employer's rights.
C) a subject for dispute resolution by the network.
D) a "business-extension exception" under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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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.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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


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 .

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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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.

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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


A) file a suit against the anonymous users.
B) gain unauthorized access to Q Web's servers.
C) file a suit against Q Web.
D) ask the U.S. Department of Justice to issue a subpoena.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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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


A) copyright infringement.
B) a license.
C) goodwill.
D) "fair use."

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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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


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

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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

A) True
B) False

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


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

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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

A) True
B) False

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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


A) a violation.
B) a "fair use" exception.
C) dilution.
D) not subject to the act .

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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