Exam 6: Internet Law,social Media,and Privacy

Justin's posts on Facebook provide information that establishes his intent and what he knew at a particular time,indicating potential liability.For this and other reasons,social media posts are often

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

Employers cannot monitor employees' electronic communications made in the ordinary course of business.

"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.

Zoe and other users of Facebook and other social networking sites post trademarked images and copyrighted materials on these sites without permission.This

Social media posts are routinely included in discovery in litigation.

Employees' posts on social media may be protected under labor laws.

Fact Pattern 6-1 Sound Financials Corporation sends daily e-mail ads to its previous customers and those who have opted to receive the notices.Instable Investments,Inc.,sends e-mail ads to any e-mail address that Instable can find on the Web or otherwise generate. -Refer to Fact Pattern 6-1.Sound Financials and Instable Investments are subject to the laws of the states in which they are located and do business.Thirty-six states

Federal law permits the intentional interception of any wire,oral,or electronic communication.

Sales & Revenue,Inc.,discovers that defamatory statements about its policies and products are being posted in an online forum.TransWeb Inc.,the Internet service provider whose users are posting the messages,refuses to disclose the identity of the person or persons responsible.Sales & Revenuefiles a suit against the anonymous users.The plaintiff can obtain from TransWeb the identity of the persons responsible for the defamatory messages by

To protect domain name rights from would-be cybersquatters and typosquatters,AgriBusiness Inc.and other large corporations may have to

A company can distribute file-sharing software with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyrights without liability for the resulting acts of infringement by its users.

Fact Pattern 6-1 Sound Financials Corporation sends daily e-mail ads to its previous customers and those who have opted to receive the notices.Instable Investments,Inc.,sends e-mail ads to any e-mail address that Instable can find on the Web or otherwise generate. -Refer to Fact Pattern 6-1.In those states with antispam laws,federal law

In an attempt to combat spam,thirty-six states have enacted laws that prohibit or regulate its use.

Keisha is an employee of Leeway Corporation.She uses social media in a way that violates her employer's stated social media policies.Leeway first disciplinesits employee and then,after a second transgression,fires her.This

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

Far & Wide Corporation uses the trademark of Google Inc.in a meta tag without Google's permission.This is

Tech Outsourcing,Inc.,registers a domain name that is the same as,or confusingly similar to,the trademark of Tech Resourcing Corporation and then offers to sell the domain name back to Tech Resourcing.This is

BeFriends Corporation uses the trademark of Community Life Inc.,a social media site,as a meta tag without Community Life's permission.This may be permissible

Copious Bounty,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