The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9, Problem 1BS
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Case summary:There are three parties in the case; CC, an internet provider; P, a cyber-connect subscriber; and MR, an advertising Company. The company MR uses software to directs its advertisement to those who are interested in their products. The company CC found one of the advertisements defamatory in nature and sued Internet Service Provider CC, and asked for damages.
To find:Liability of Internet service provider for an act of third party.
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