LA FINAL chp 6 internet law, copyrights in digi info, social media

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number of laws specifically address issues that arise only on the internet, three issues are

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unsolicited e-mail, domain names, and cybersquatting

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bulk, unsolicited junk email

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spam

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in attempt to combat spam, 36 states have enacted laws that

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prohibit or regulate its use

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legislation applies to any “commercial electronic mail messages” that are sent to promote a commercial product or service

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the assault of non-solicited pornography and marketing act (CAN-SPAM) act

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this act allows the Federal trade commission to cooperate and share info with foreign agencies in investigating and prosecuting those involved in spamming, spyware, and various internet frauds and deceptions

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U.S Safe Web Act

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organizations that provide access to the internet

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internet service providers (ISPs)

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The safe web act provides a safe harbor for internet service providers. which gives

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ISPs immunity from liability for supplying info to the FTC concerning possible unfair or deceptive conduct in foreign jurisdictions

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part of an internet address, such as cengage.com

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domain name

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part of the name to the right of the period like .com or .edu

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top-level domain

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part of the name to the left of period like cengage.com

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second-level domain

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the market value of a good reputation of any company, partnership, or other business entity

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goodwill

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the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers is a non profit corporation that looks after giving out

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website names and runs a way to solve problems online

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occurs when a person registers a domain name that is the same as or confusingly similar to the trademark of another and then offers to sell the domain name back to the trademark owner

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cybersquatting

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congress enacted the anticybersquatting consumer protection act,

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which amended the lanham act- the federal law protecting trademarks

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The anticybersquatting consumer protection act makes cybersquatting illegal when both are true:

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1. the name is identical of confusingly similar to the trademark of another
2. the one registering, trafficking in, or using the domain name has a “bad faith intent: to profit from that trademark

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registering a name that is a mispelling of a popular brand, such as googl.com

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typosquatting

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cybersquatting is costly for businesses, which must attempt to register all variations of a name to

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protect their domain rights from would-be cybersquatters and typosquatters

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to faciliate resolution, ICANN now offers the

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uniforma rapid suspension

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this system allows trademark holders with clear-cut infringement claims to obtain rapid relief

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uniform rapid suspension (URS)

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key words that are inserted into the HTML code to tell the internet browsers specific info about a web page

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meta tags

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meta tags increase the likelihood that a site will be included in search engine results

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even though the site may have nothing to do with the key words

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unlike trademark infringement, a claim of dilution does not require proof that consumers are likely to be

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confused by a connection between the unauthorized use and the mark

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a licensor might grant a license allowing its trademark to be used as

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part of a domain name

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when you download an application on your phone, tablet or other mobile device you are typically entering into a

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license agreement

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licensing agreements frequently include restrictions that prohibit licensees from

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sharing the file and using it to create software applications

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copyright is the most important form of intellectual property because

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much of the material on the internet is copyrighted, and in order to transfer the material online it must be “copied”

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gave significant protection to owners of copyrights in digital information

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digital millennium copyright act

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the digital millennium copyright act provides for exceptions to fit the needs of

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libraries, scientists, universitites, and others

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under digital millennium copyright act, ISPs is not liable for

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copyright infringement by its customers unless the ISP is aware of the subscribers violation

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the best-known compression and decompression system is

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MP3`

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the sharing of resources like files, hard rives, and processing among multiple computers

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peer-to-peer networking

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a network used by persons located in different places to share computer files

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distributed network

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individuals on the same network can access files stored on

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another PCs through a distributed network

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a subscription-based or pay-per use service that extends a computer’s software or storage capabilities

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cloud computing

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file-sharing also creates problems for the motion picture industry which

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loses significant amounts of revenue annually as a result of pirated DVDs

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provide a means by which people can create, share and exchange ideas and comments via the internet

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social media

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the growth of social networking sites has created a number of legal and ethical issues for businesses for example

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a firms rights in valuable intellectual property may be infringed if users post trademarked images or copyrighted materials on these sites without permission

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In legal cases, social media posts are often used to find out information that could harm someone’s case… this might show

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what someone was thinking or knew at a certain time.

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courts and administrative agencies usually uphold an employers right to terminate a person based on

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their violation of a social media policy

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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) changed the law about

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wiretapping to include electronic messages.

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the ecpa prohibits any intentional interception of

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wire, oral, or electronic communication

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the ECPA. permits employers to monitor employees electronic communications

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made in the ordinary course of business

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the stored communications act prohibits intentional and unauthorized access to

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stored electronic communications and sets forth criminal and civil sanctions for violators

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an important advantage to using an internal system for employee communications is that the company can better protect its

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trade secrets

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internal social media systems also offer benefits including

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real-time information about important issues, like production glitches

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another benefit of intranets is significant reduction in use of

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e-mail