SEC575 Week 2 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2019 November

SEC575 Information Security Law and Ethics

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 TO SPAM OR NOT TO SPAM

You have just graduated from Keller Graduate School and decide that you want to start an Internet business. You have limited capital but need to market your product. Someone suggests that you can purchase 500,000 Internet addresses at an extremely low cost. You have always hated spam but realize that this is a great way to reach a half a million potential customers both quickly and cheaply. You recognize that many, if not most, of the recipients will find your spam message a nuisance. Focusing on the legal issues that you believe affect your actions, discuss what you would do.Read the excerpts of the CAN-SPAM Act (Links to an external site.).

DQ2 TAXATION AND THE INTERNET

Class, it always comes down to taxes--the state wants them and you the consumer would just as soon pass on sales taxes if you are ordering online rather than at a brick and mortar store.

What is the state of taxing of Internet sales? Read Case 23-1: National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois at p. 752 and the accompanying discussion at pp. 750-56 of our Text. Also read the linked 1992 Quill Corp v. North Dakota (Links to an external site.) decision which served as the basis for more than a decade of debate on taxation of Internet transactions.  And, finally, please read South Dakota v. Wayfair (Links to an external site.), a 2018 decision which expressly overruled National Bellas Hess and Quill Corp decisions.