Ch 9 Internet Law

Question 1

Federal CAN-SPAM act

Answer 1

Permits sending of unsolicited commercial email but prohibits certain types of spamming activities

Question 2

US safe web act

Answer 2

Allows FTC to share info with foreign agencies that investigate and prosecute cyber crimes.

Question 3

Cybersquatting

Answer 3

Act of registering someone’s name before them and selling it to them

Question 4

Applicability and sanctions of the ACPA

Answer 4

Applies to all domain name registrations of trademarks

Question 5

Meta tags

Answer 5

Key words that give internet specific info and increase likelihood that a site will be included in search research

Question 6

Dilution

Answer 6

When trademarks used without authorization that diminishes distinctive quality of mark

Question 7

Digital millennium copyright act

Answer 7

Provides civil and criminal penalties to circumvent encryption software

Question 8

File sharing technology

Answer 8

Peer to peer networking, use of distributed networks

Question 9

Cloud computing

Answer 9

Delivers a single application through a browser to multiple users

Question 10

Stored communications act

Answer 10

Prohibits intentional and unauthorized access to stored electronic communications