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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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A company that provides a phone to an employee for business use is prohibited from intercepting personal communications made on it.

A) True
B) False

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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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It is frequently companies, rather than courts, that define the privacy rights of the companies' online users.

A) True
B) False

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True

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


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

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

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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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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


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

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An online retailer can track a user's web activities with cookies without violating the person's right to privacy.

A) True
B) False

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Volatile Investments Inc. sends e-mail ads to any e-mail address that the sender can find on the Web or otherwise generate. Under federal law, Volatile's marketing method


A) may be permitted.
B) is prohibited.
C) must be reviewed by a federal agency.
D) is preempted.

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

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B

With respect to spam, thirty-seven states


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.

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

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Criminal liability for the piracy of copyrighted materials extends only to persons who exchange unauthorized copies for profit.

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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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects copyrighted material from piracy online.

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

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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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False

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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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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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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) All of the above
F) None of the above

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