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

A) True
B) False

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Digital sampling can constitute copyright infringement.

A) True
B) False

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An Internet service provider that terminates subscribers who infringe copyrights can qualify for a "safe harbor" under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

A) True
B) False

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Sound Financials Corporation sends daily e-mail ads to its previous customers and those who have opted to receive the notices.The state in which the company is physically located has enacted an antispam law.Under federal law


A) the application of federal law to Sound's ads is preempted.
B) Sound's ads are required to be reviewed by a federal agency.
C) Sound's ads are prohibited.
D) the application of the state's law to Sound's ads is preempted.

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

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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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Prodigious Profit,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


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.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Basso includes in his song "Chords" a few seconds of Dante's copyrighted sound recording "Etudes" without permission.Some federal courts have found that such digital sampling is


A) a violation of copyright law.
B) a "fair use" exception to the provisions of the act.
C) not a "fair use" exception to the provisions of the act.
D) all of the choices.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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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


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.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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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) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Using another's trademark as a meta tag may be permissible.

A) True
B) False

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A social media post is not subject to discovery in litigation.

A) True
B) False

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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


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.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Grain Mill Company brings a suit against Milled Grain Company under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act,alleging that Milled Grain is profiting from a domain name that is confusingly similar to Grain Mill's trademark.If Grain Mill is successful,recovery may include


A) actual damages and profits in any amount.
B) statutory damages no greater than $1,000.
C) statutory damages no less than $100,000.
D) all of the choices.

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

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


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

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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No court has held that it is legally acceptable for law enforcement to set up a phony social media account to catch a suspect.

A) True
B) False

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Deals Inc.provides its sales representatives with phones to use in the ordinary course of business.Deals monitors the employees' electronic communications made through the phones.This is


A) a violation of the rights of the employees.
B) within the rights of the employer even if it did not provide the phones.
C) a subject for dispute resolution by the phone service.
D) a "business-extension exception" under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

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

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State law may protect individuals from having to disclose their social media passwords to potential employers.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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