Napster, Inc., offered a service that allowed its users to browse digital music files on other users’ computers and download selections for free. Music industry principals sued Napster for copyright infringement, and the court ordered Napster to remove from its service files that were identified as infringing. When Napster failed to comply, it was shut down. A few months later, Bertelsmann, a German corporation, loaned Napster $85 million to fund its anticipated transition to a licensed digital music distribution system. The terms allowed Napster to spend the loan on “general, administrative and overhead expenses.” In an e-mail, Napster’s chief executive officer referred to a “side deal” under which Napster could use up to$10 million of the loan to pay litigation expenses. Napster failed to launch the new system before declaring bankruptcy. The plaintiffs filed a suit against Bertelsmann, alleging that its loan had prolonged Napster’s infringement. The plaintiffs asked the court to order the disclosure of all attorney-client communications related to the loan.

(a) The first group will identify the principle that Bertelsmann could assert to protect these communications and outline the purpose of this protection.

Larkin, Inc., retains Howard Patterson to manage its books and prepare its financial statements. Patterson, a certified public accountant, lives in Indiana and practices there. After twenty years, Patterson has become a bit bored with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and has adopted more creative accounting methods. Now, though, Patterson has a problem, as he is being sued by Molly Tucker, one of Larkin’s creditors. Tucker alleges that Patterson either knew or should have known that Larkin’s financial statements would be distributed to various individuals. Furthermore, she asserts that these financial statements were negligently prepared and seriously inaccurate. What are the consequences of Patterson’s failure to follow GAAP? Under the traditional Ultramares rule, can Tucker recover damages from Patterson? Explain.

The r’s complement of an n-digit number N in base r is defined as r$^n$ - N for N $\neq$ 0 and 0 for N = 0. Find the tens complement of the decimal number 13,250.

Why did the court affirm the dismissal of Guido’s individual claim but not the claims that she had brought on behalf of the children?

A cookie is a small _____ placed on your computer by a web server.

A box of cookies contains three chocolate and seven butter cookies. Miguel randomly selects a cookie and eats it. Then he randomly selects another cookie and eats it. (How many cookies did he take?)

Let $U$ be the event that the second cookie selected is a butter cookie. Find $P(U)$.

The act that aims at protecting medical records is the​ ________.

A) Processing Act of 1974

B) HIPAA

C) Data Mining Act of 2014

D) FIRPA Act of 1974

E) Privacy Act of 2000

On a typical microprocessor, a distinct I/O address is used to refer to the I/O data registers and a distinct address for the control and status registers in an I/O controller for a given device. Such registers are referred to as ports. In the Intel 8088, two I/O instruction formats are used. In one format, the 8-bit opcode specifies an I/O operation; this is followed by an 8-bit port address. Other I/O opcodes imply that the port address is in the 16-bit DX register. How many ports can the 8088 address in each I/O addressing mode?

Software that enables you to display and interact with text and other media on the web is a web ________

• A) client
• B) server
• C) agent
• D) browser

Most businesses rely on borrowed money. In the early 1980s, interest rates were very high in the United States, reaching levels of 20 percent or more. How would such high interest rates affect businesses and, therefore, the overall economy?

With virtualization, a single physical machine, called a host, can run many individual virtual instances, called ______.

Sketch and label the main soil horizons in a welldeveloped soil profile.

Draw a diagram of the A, B, and C horizons of soil. Label the horizons and describe the processes that formed each layer. Include examples of weathering in your description.

Which biome is warm and wet with little seasonal variation?