Cyberlaw
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Our Mock Trial
100
This law provides for the criminal prosecution of anyone who engages in copyright infringement on the Internet.
What is the No Electronic Theft Act?
100
Code of law that regulates relationships among persons.
What is civil law?
100
Common law is also known as this.
What is case law?
100
Defense used by abused women in an assault, battery, or murder case.
What is battered women's syndrome?
100
She was the defendant in our trial.
What was Katie Charles?
200
A hacker who alerts corporations that they have security problems with their computer systems.
What is a grey hat hacker?
200
Concept in civil law that says the plaintiffs account is more likely that not true.
What is preponderance of evidence?
200
Previous decisions of the highest court are binding on all other courts.
What is stare decisis?
200
Violation of the law where there is injury to the public will.
What is a crime?
200
He was killed in the accident.
What was Frederick Bear?
300
This law criminalizes the production of anti-piracy circumventing devices and software.
What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
300
Form of civil law punishment given if the defendant's actions are extremely malicious or highhanded.
What are punitive damages?
300
Judges establish common law through the these.
What are written opinions?
300
in criminal law, special circumstances (such as mental illness) that prevent a person from acting otherwise.
What are excuses?
300
He officer who arrived at the scene of the accident.
What was Officer Hicks?
400
This occurs when a lawful owner of copyrighted work sells it.
What is first sale?
400
A requirement that a person act towards others with watchfulness, attention, caution, and prudence.
What is duty of care?
400
These have superseded most common law principles in the US.
What are statutes?
400
In civil law, this concept limits the liability of the consequences of an act.
What is foreseeability?
400
Her blood vials were the only ones broken in transit.
What was Mary Short?
500
This law allows the government to search any email on your computer more than 180 days old without a search warrant.
What is the Electronic Communication Privacy Act?
500
A company is responsible for the actions of its employees.
What is vicarious liability?
500
This country's Constitution is based on common law.
What is England?
500
This allows copyrighted material to be used for scholarly purposes without first permission from the author.
What is fair use?
500
The distance from the car to the bottle of Seagrams.
What is 33 feet?
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