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Slimy took photographs of Susie while she was sunbathing in her backyard and posted them on his web site operated by ABC Corporation,an Internet service provider.ABC Corporation did not know what Slimy had done.Slimy told all his friends to take a look,and Susie ended up finding out about the pictures.Because Slimy had no money,Susie decided to sue ABC Corporation for all the embarrassment and invasion of her privacy.What would be the likely result of that lawsuit?


A) Susie will recover damages from ABC Corporation because as a matter of law, the corporation is responsible for what is sent over its network.
B) Susie will recover against ABC Corporation, but only if she can show that Slimy is not likely to have funds within the next year with which to pay a judgment for invasion of privacy.
C) Susie will lose in the lawsuit, but only because she was wearing a tasteful bathing suit at the time the photos were taken and should not have been embarrassed.
D) Susie will lose the lawsuit because legally, an Internet service provider in such a situation is not considered a publisher or speaker of any information provided by an individual such as Slimy.
E) Susie will lose unless she can show at one least one previous incident when a user of ABC Corporation posted inappropriate photographs on a web site.

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