Exam 11: E-Commerce and Digital Law

The E-SIGN Act is a not a federal statute and state legislatures are required to adopt it in order for it to become state law.

The UCITA makes it illegal to access another person's stored e-mail.

The ECPA provides that stored electronic communications may be accessed by the party or entity providing the electronic communication service.

The ACPA is federal statute that permits trademark owners and famous persons to recover domain names that use their names where the domain name has been registered by another person or business in bad faith.

The World Wide Web consists of millions of computers that support a standard set of rules called ________ for the exchange of information.

What measures has Congress taken to regulate spam e-mail?

If Jim purchases an online license for a computer game, he is an e-licensor.

The ________ issued new rules that permit a party to register a domain name with new TLD suffixes that are personalized.

The ________ is a federal statute that makes it a crime to intercept an electronic communication at the point of transmission, while in transit, when stored by a router or server, or after receipt by intended recipient.

Barney wants to rent an apartment and posts an advertisement in a classifieds website. Two days later, Michael, who wants to rent out his apartment e-mails Barney and they finalize the deal over the internet. Barney pays Michael through an online transfer. This is an instance of ________.

The ________ is a federal statute that permits trademark owners and famous persons to recover domain names that use their names where the domain name has been registered by another person or business in bad faith.

ISPs are not liable for the content transmitted over their networks by e-mail users and websites.

________ are state laws that require certain types of contracts to be in writing.

Jessica wants to buy a laptop from the Tell Computers website. Before confirming the purchase, the website asks her to provide biometric identification using an electronic scanner. This is an example of ________.

A(n)________ is an owner of intellectual property or informational rights who transfers rights in the property or information to another party.

What is cybersquatting? Can trademark owners recover domain names registered in bad faith?

Which of the following best describes the World Wide Web?

The term ________ refers to a party who is granted limited rights in or access to intellectual property or informational rights owned by a licensor.

Which of the following does the ECPA provide?

The ________ is a federal statute that places certain restrictions on persons and businesses that send unsolicited commercial advertising to e-mail accounts, prohibits falsified headers, prohibits deceptive subject lines, and requires spammers to label sexually oriented e-mail as such.