CIS 3250 Test 2 | Questions and Answers Which of the following requirements was a key provision of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)? Filtering software must be installed on Internet terminals in schools and libraries. Miller v. California (1973) ruled that community standards could ...
Which of the following requirements was a key provision of the Children's Internet
Protection Act (CIPA)?
Filtering software must be installed on Internet terminals in schools and libraries.
Miller v. California (1973) ruled that community standards could not play a role in
whether or not material was deemed obscene.
False
The legal guidelines for determining whether materials is obscene include all of the
following EXCEPT
The material is intended for or distributed to persons under the age of 18.
Which on of the media areas has the most First Amendment protection?
Print
What three concepts help to define what is obscene?
- Depicts sexual act against state law.
- Depicts acts in a patently offensive manner by reasonable person using community
standards.
- Lacks literary artistic social political or scientific value.
Many countries have tried to censor the Internet. Which country issued the following
edict in 2001: The office of communications is ordered to find ways to ensure that the
use of the Internet becomes impossible.
Afghanistan
The U.S Supreme Court ruled that requiring content filters on public library computers
was unconstitutional.
False
Anonymizers allow a user to
Send email and surf the Web anonymously.
Which of the following are the two main arguments against the Communications
Decency Act accepted by the courts?
It was too vague and broad, and it did not use the least restrictive means of
accomplishing the goal of protecting children.
Which of the following limits deceptive commercial email and outlines spammers'
responsibilities:
the CAN-SPAM Act
, Which of the following is NOT a provision of the CAN-SPAM Act that applies to
commercial emailers?
It requires commercial emailers register with the Federal Trade Commision (FTC)
Broadcast media traditionally has had the strongest First Amendment protection
(meaning the fewest regulatory restrictions) while print media has the weakest First
Amendment protection
False
Lawsuits in 1978 delayed the introduction of technology for consumer CD-recoring
devices for music.
False
Copyright law protects processes and inventions, while patent law protects the
particular expression of an idea.
False
Sony v. Universal City Studios (1984) ruled that private, non-commercial copying for
personal use was fair use.
True
In the term "Free Software", "free" implies all of the following except one. Which one?
Free of cost
Which of the following is not a way for software to be protected against copyright
infringement?
Make all software free
All peer-to-peer technologies were found to be illegal as a result of the Napster case.
False
The "safe harbor" provisions of __________ protect Websites from lawsuits and
criminal charges for copyright infringement when users post infringing material.
Digital Millenium Copyright Act
"Anticircumvention" and "safe harbor" are the two significant parts of the Digital
Millenium Copyright Act.
True
Sega v. Accolade, Inc. (1992) helped determine that reverse engineering was allowable
(fair research use) in order to make a compatible product.
True
When was the first U.S copyright law passed?
In 1790
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