CHAPTER 9: Use full sentences and in paragraph form with proper English, grammar and punctuation. Remember to state the law, define it and then apply it to the facts of the question.

1/ Karl self-publishes a cookbook titledHole Foods, in which he sets out recipes for donuts, Bundt cakes, tortellini, and other foods with holes. To publicize the book, Karl designs the Web siteholefoods.com. Karl appropriates the key words of other cooking and cookbook sites with more frequent hits so thatholefoods.comwill appear in the same search engine results as the more popular sites. Has Karl done anything wrong? Explain. (SeeInternet Law.)

2/ Internet Service Providers.CyberConnect, Inc., is an Internet service provider (ISP). Pepper is a CyberConnect subscriber. Market Reach, Inc., is an online advertising company. Using sophisticated software, Market Reach directs its ads to those users most likely to be interested in a particular product. When Pepper receives one of the ads, she objects to the content. Further, she claims that CyberConnect should pay damages for "publishing" the ad. Is the ISP regarded as a publisher and therefore liable for the content of Market Reach's ad? Why or why not? (SeeOnline Defamation.)

3/ Privacy.SeeYou, Inc., is an online social network. SeeYou's members develop personalized profiles to interact and share informationphotos, videos, stories, activity updates, and other itemswith other members. Members post the information that they want to share and decide with whom they want to share it. SeeYou launched a program to allow members to share with others what they do elsewhere online. For example, if a member rents a movie through Netflix, SeeYou will broadcast that information to everyone in the member's online network. How can SeeYou avoid complaints that this program violates its members' privacy? (SeePrivacy.)

9-5. Social Media.Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan and nine others were indicted in a federal district court on charges of conspiring to advance violent jihad (holy war against enemies of Islam) and other offenses related to terrorism. The evidence at Hassan's trial included postings he made on Facebook concerning his adherence to violent jihadist ideology. Convicted, Hassan appealed, contending that the Facebook items had not been properly authenticated (established as his own comments). How might the government show the connection between postings on Facebook and those who post them? Discuss. [UnitedStatesv.Hassan, 742 F.3d 104 (4th Cir. 2014)] (SeeSocial Media.)