The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9, Problem 4RE
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Case summary:The person G downloaded movies and songs from an unauthorized site and used segments of some copyrighted songs while recording for his band, and posted the videos on his social media account. The person G applied to B University, where the admission office asked for his social media account password.
To find: Whether the B university violated the law when it asked the person G to provide his social media account password.
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