Chapter 9

Question 1

The part of an Internet address to the right of the ampersand, such as Kent.edu

Answer 1

Domain names

Question 2

Part of the Internet name/address to the right of the period

Answer 2

Top level domain

Question 3

Part of the Internet name/address to the left of the period

Answer 3

Second level domain

Question 4

The non-profit corporation that oversees the distribution of domain names

Answer 4

The Internet Company for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Question 5

Registration of a domain name that is the same as, or confusingly similar to, another’s trademark, followed by the offer to sell the domain name back to the trademark owner

Answer 5

Cubersquatting

Question 6

Amended the Federal Lanham Act that protects trademarks. Renders cyber squatting illegal when the name is identical or confusingly similar to another’s trademark, and the person or entity who registers, traffics or uses the domain name had a bad faith intent to profit from the trademark

Answer 6

Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)

Question 7

Registration of a domain name that is a misspelling of a popular brand

Answer 7

Typosquatting

Question 8

Key words that are inserted into the HTML. Communicate specific information about a web page to Internet browsers. Increase the likelihood that a website will be included in search engine results

Answer 8

Metatag

Question 9

Use of a trademark, sans authorization, in a manner that diminishes its distinctive quality

Answer 9

Trademark dilution

Question 10

A formal right of ownership of a particular printed, electronic, or audio production.

Answer 10

Copyright

Question 11

Federal statute that imposes civil and criminal penalties upon anyone who infringes a copyright of digital information

Answer 11

Digital millennium copyright act (DMCA) of 1998

Question 12

Federal statute that is intended to regulate spam that originates in foreign nations. Allows FTC to cooperate with foreign agencies

Answer 12

U.S. Safe web act of 2006

Question 13

True or false: Copyright infringement requires the infringers financial gain

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Files shared online through numerous personal computers are connected to the Internet

Answer 14

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks

Question 15

Files shared online through a subscription-based service that extends a computer’s software or storage capabilities.

Answer 15

Cloud computing

Question 16

Federal statute that prohibits intentional and unauthorized access to stored electronic communication. Also prohibits the service providers, such as Facebook, from divulging private communications.

Answer 16

Stored Communications Act (SCA)

Question 17

True or false: The federal government has enacted no law to protest social media passwords, especially from an employers demand to know them

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The 4 states that have enacted laws that prohibit employers from demanding the social media passwords or job applicants and employees.

Answer 18

CA, Illinois, MD and MI

Question 19

This state’s statute prohibits and employer’s adverse action against an employee, based upon the employee’s social media postings

Answer 19

Michigan

Question 20

Act that immunized ISPs from being liable for online defamation if they merely passed through their user’s statements and did not contribute to the content of the users’ statements

Answer 20

Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA)

Question 21

Monitors Internet companies, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace for privacy and data practices

Answer 21

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Question 22

Use of another’s name, purpose or likeness sans that person’s permission for commercial purposes

Answer 22

Commercial appropriation

Question 23

Invasion of another’s zone of privacy. Eavesdroppers and peeping toms commit this tort

Answer 23

Intrusion upon seclusion

Question 24

Publishing a story about someone that inaccurately describes their views

Answer 24

False light

Question 25

Publication of information that a person would expect to be private, such as bank account balances

Answer 25

Public disclosure of private facts

Question 26

Intentional deceit for personal gain

Answer 26

Fraudulent misrepresentation, aka fraud

Question 27

Pursuit of a full lawsuit against another, without probable cause, and with malice

Answer 27

Malicious prosecution

Question 28

Use of any legal process for an unintended purpose

Answer 28

Abuse of process

Question 29

Allows a contracting party to sue a third party who interferes with an existing contract

Answer 29

Wrongful interference with contractual relationship

Question 30

Stealing of personal property

Answer 30

Conversion

Question 31

Slander of quality or trade libel, slander of title

Answer 31

Disparagement of property