quiz 8

Downloading music tracks owned by record companies without paying for them is an example of a violation of:

copyright law.

How long does copyright protection extend for corporate-owned works?

95 years

Which of the following authorizes the creation of a second-level domain on the Internet where all Web sites have to declare they contain no material harmful to children?

Dot Kids Act

Which ethical principle asks you to assume that virtually all tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone else unless there is a specific declaration otherwise?

No Free Lunch

Which of the FTC's Fair Information Practices (FIP) principles requires identification of the collector of data?

Notice/Awareness

"Do Not Track" falls under which of the following principles in the FTC's new privacy framework?

Simplified Choice

Which case was instrumental in paving the way for Internet business methods patents?

State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group. Inc.

A 2012 TRUSTe/Harris Interactive survey found all of the following except:

Targeted advertising makes the vast majority of those surveyed uncomfortable.

Which of the following is not one of the issues complicating the taxation of e-commerce sales?

Taxes raised are used for different government purposes.

Which of the following allows someone to obtain an exclusive monopoly on the ideas behind an invention for 20 years?

patent law

Google's Gmail advertising has raised concerns about which of the following issues?

privacy

Which of the following tools can companies use to track user statements and views on newsgroups, chat groups, and other public forums?

search engines

Which ethical principle states that, when confronted with an ethical dilemma, individuals should take the action that achieves the greater value for all of society?

the Collective Utilitarian principle

Registering the domain name google.com with the intent to divert Web traffic from people misspelling google.com is an example of:

typosquatting.

A social consequence of the richness of Internet information is:

very persuasive messages might reduce the need for multiple independent sources of information.

Which of the FTC's Fair Information Practices (FIP) principles requires opt-in or opt-out policies to be in place?

Choice/Consent

What is the FTC recommendation regarding choice as it relates to personally identifiable information (PII)?

Require firms to have consumers affirmatively opt-in before PII is collected.

Which ethical principle states that when confronted with an ethical dilemma, an individual should take the action that produces the least harm, or the least potential cost?

Risk Aversion

All of the following statements about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) are true except:

The DMCA makes Internet Service Providers (ISPs) responsible and accountable for hosting Web sites or providing services to infringers regardless of whether the ISP is aware of infringement.

Which of the following technologies allows you to send e-mail without a trace?

anonymous remailers

Amazon has a patent on:

one-click purchasing.

Which ethical principle states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not right to take at all?

the Slippery Slope

Which ethical principle asks you to consider the impact of your decision if the principles underlying your decision became an organizing principle of the entire society?

the Social Contract rule

Registering a domain name similar or identical to trademarks of others to extort profits from legitimate holders is an example of:

cybersquatting.

Which of the following basic ethical concepts plays an important role in defining privacy?

due process

The display of a third-party's Web site or page within your own Web site is called:

framing.

All of the following are factors that will be considered in determining whether use of copyrighted material is "fair use" except the:

free availability of the work on the Web.

Disputes over federal trademarks involve establishing:

infringement.

Critics have pointed out that the Chrome browser's Suggest button, which suggests queries based on search terms entered by the user, is in fact, a type of:

key logger.

The placing of a cookie on a user's hard drive by one site that is then used by another site to sell that user related products without the knowledge of the user is:

legal in the United States but illegal in Europe.