Chapter 4 - True/False

According to the courts, in the creation of software, unique concepts, general functional features, and even colors are protectable by copyright law

false

Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult

false

Despite the passage of several laws defining and addressing computer crime, accessing a computer system without authorization is not yet a federal crime

false

Most American and European privacy law is based on a set of five principles called COPPA

false

P3P encrypts or scrambles e-mail or data so that it cannot be read illicitly

false

Protection for trade secrets is enforced at the federal level

false

The drawback to copyright protection is passing stringent criteria of nonobviousness

false

The key concepts in patent law are originality, novelty, and value

false

The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders, people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision

false

A cookie is a small file containing information about you and your Web activities that is deposited on your hard disk by a Web site

true

Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property, such as a song, book, or video game

true

Insofar as software is essentially an intangible good, procedures of software cannot be held liable for any damages that their software unintentionally causes

true

Most Internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their customers

true

Privacy is the right to be left alone when you want to be, without surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations

true

Professionals take on special rights and obligations because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect

true

Spyware is software that comes hidden in downloaded applications and can track your online movements

true

Technostress is a computer-related malady whose symptoms include fatigue

true

The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging

true

The most common type of computer-related RSI is CTS

true

Trade secret law protects the actual ideas in a work product, not just their manifestations

true