BUSA 310 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Accounting Liability II Consumer Law III Environmental Law Outline of Current Lecture I Cyber Law II Intellectual Property III Landlord and Tenant Law Current Lecture Chapter 27 Cyber Law Tracking Tools when you enter in all your personal information on the internet know that it is all being recorded Although it s somewhat anonymous you only need a few key things to identify a person BE CAREFUL Regulations online privacy regulations are very immature in their stage of development some that are in effect are Self Regulation First Amendment which protects your right to free speech Fourth Amendment Protects your right against unreasonable search and seizure The FTC Internet Crime types of internet crime and hacking gaining unauthorized access to computer systems fraud pretending to be someone or something you aren t in order to gain information and identity theft which is very similar to fraud except you pretend to be a single person and use all their information as if you were them Chapter 28 Intellectual Property These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Patents A patent is a government issued permit to the inventor of a product to use for 20 years after the filing date Copyright the holder of a copyright owns the expression of an idea but not the underlying idea or method of operation It s hard to regulate copyrights because modern intellectual property is so easy to copy with technology available to us Examples are illegal downloading of music and movies Chapter 29 Real Property and Landlord Law Tenant Law Different Types of Property Land Buildings Plant life Fixtures anything that can be considered a permanent part of the property Landlord Duties Landlords are required to keep their property maintained and enjoyable Some of these duties include Duty to deliver possession make sure that the property is available at the start of the new tenants lease Quiet Enjoyment must not bother the tenant while they are living there Actual and Constructive Eviction both go against quiet enjoyment Duty to maintain the premises and make sure the property is livable Tenants Duties Duty to pay rent in full and by the due date Duty to mitigate and use the property properly When it comes to injuries on a rented property the tenant is generally liable for them when they occur within the premises The landlord is only liable when the injury is due to negligence with maintenance of the property Crime Landlords can be liable in negligence to tenants of their guests for criminal attacks on the premises Courts determine who is liable by looking at different factors of the crime like the nature of the crime what a different landlord could have done to prevent the crime and the foreseeability of the attack