A California musician, Maya Cruz, owns the domain name MayaCruzMusic.com, which she uses to promote her albums. A former promoter registers MayaCruzOfficial.com and tries to sell it back to her for
$10,000. Meanwhile, an anonymous user posts defamatory statements about her on a fan forum hosted by TuneTalk, a popular music networking platform. Another individual hacks into her private e-mail account and leaks unreleased lyrics online. Finally, Maya learns that a journalist copied entire paragraphs from her website to use in an online article. Questions: (2 pts) Define cybersquatting and explain whether the promoter's actions are likely illegal under U.S. law. (2 pts) Identify the law that protects copyrights in the digital age and explain how it applies to the journalist's copying of her website content. (2 pts) Name the law that governs when Internet service providers are liable for defamatory statements posted by users, and apply it to TuneTalk's situation. (2 pts) Identify and explain the law that protects electronic communications from interception or unauthorized access, and describe how it applies to the hacking of Maya's e-mails. (2 pts) Identify two ways social media has affected American legal processes and illustrate one of them using facts from Maya's situation.