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

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When you download an application on your smartphone, you are typically entering into a license agreement.

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Much of the material on the Internet, including software and database information, is not copyrighted.

Federal law prevents a provider of communication services-such as a cell phone company-from divulging private communications to certain entities and individuals.

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

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act applies to most, but not all, domain name registrations of trademarks.

"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.

Criminal liability for the piracy of copyrighted materials extends only to persons who exchanged unauthorized copies for profit.

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 & Revenue files a suit against the anonymous users. The plaintiff can obtain from TransWeb the identity of the persons responsible for the defamatory messages by

To test computer security and conduct encryption research, Tech Solutions Inc. circumvents the encryption software and other technological antipiracy protection of United Business Corporation's software. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, this is

A social media post cannot be used to invalidate a settlement agreement.

An Internet service provider is liable for any act of copyright infringement by its customer.​

Penalties exist for anyone who circumvents encryption software or other technological antipiracy protection.

The employees of Eco Engineering Inc. share company-related resources among multiple computers without requiring a central network server. This is

Social media users can post trademarked images or copyrighted materials without infringing the owners' rights, even if it is done without permission.

In some states, an unsolicited e-mail must include a toll-free phone number that the recipient can use to ask the sender to send no more unsolicited e-mail.

Online conduct gives rise to only a narrow variety of legal actions.

BurgerBoy Restaurant Corporation allows its trademark to be used as part of a domain name for BurgerBoyNY, Inc., an unaffiliated company. BurgerBoyNY does not obtain ownership rights in the mark. This is

Web Marketing Inc. buys and sells domain names with the click of a mouse. A domain name can be bought and sold many times. Each change of owner is registered automatically as part of a mass registration. In this environment

The manufacture, import, sale, and distribution of devices or services for the circumvention of encryption software is prohibited.