Ch. 9 Internet law, social media and
privacy
Spam - ANS--Unsolicited commercial emails
-Prohibited by state laws
-CAN-SPAM Act (2003) - federal law that prohibits technologies that send out massive #s of
emails
-US Safe Web Act - allows US law enforcement to share information with that of other countries
Domain Names - ANS--Registered through ICANN (Internet -Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers)
-.com, .net, .gov, .edu, .xxx
-"gTLD" = "generic top-level domain names" - own your own suffix!
Example: .hollis
Cybersquatting and Typosquatting - ANS--Registering the domain name before the company
that owns the trademark does, then, selling it for $$
-Congress had to amend the trademark law (Title 15 U.S.C., Chapter 22, §1051 et seq.)
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
-Specifically §1129 - "cyberpiracy"
-Now extends trademark protection to domain names, and outlaws those which are "confusingly
similar"
and Typosquatting - ANS-registering a
name that is a misspelling o a popular brand, such
as googl.com or appple.com
Licensing & P2P file sharing - ANS--The best way to make $$ from owning copyrights and
trademarks (and patents, for that matter)
-DMCA ("Digital Millennium Copyright Act") - gives copyright protection to digital media;
penalizes technologies that circumvent encryption
-P2P file-sharing is a violation of copyright - Maverick v Harper permitted record companies to
go after individual downloaders/file-sharers and get "statutory damages" for each unauthorized
download/share
Social Media - ANS--Whatever you post on social media is public. Period.
-Litigation - finding photos online to counter claims of injuries
-Employers are retracting job offers b/c of things posted on social media (Facebook, Instagram,
etc.)
privacy
Spam - ANS--Unsolicited commercial emails
-Prohibited by state laws
-CAN-SPAM Act (2003) - federal law that prohibits technologies that send out massive #s of
emails
-US Safe Web Act - allows US law enforcement to share information with that of other countries
Domain Names - ANS--Registered through ICANN (Internet -Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers)
-.com, .net, .gov, .edu, .xxx
-"gTLD" = "generic top-level domain names" - own your own suffix!
Example: .hollis
Cybersquatting and Typosquatting - ANS--Registering the domain name before the company
that owns the trademark does, then, selling it for $$
-Congress had to amend the trademark law (Title 15 U.S.C., Chapter 22, §1051 et seq.)
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
-Specifically §1129 - "cyberpiracy"
-Now extends trademark protection to domain names, and outlaws those which are "confusingly
similar"
and Typosquatting - ANS-registering a
name that is a misspelling o a popular brand, such
as googl.com or appple.com
Licensing & P2P file sharing - ANS--The best way to make $$ from owning copyrights and
trademarks (and patents, for that matter)
-DMCA ("Digital Millennium Copyright Act") - gives copyright protection to digital media;
penalizes technologies that circumvent encryption
-P2P file-sharing is a violation of copyright - Maverick v Harper permitted record companies to
go after individual downloaders/file-sharers and get "statutory damages" for each unauthorized
download/share
Social Media - ANS--Whatever you post on social media is public. Period.
-Litigation - finding photos online to counter claims of injuries
-Employers are retracting job offers b/c of things posted on social media (Facebook, Instagram,
etc.)
