Unit 2 Individual Project

Starting a Website

Keyona Wiltzius

BUSN150-1005B-32: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

American Intercontinental University

Starting a Website

Dear Friend,

When I received your email I was excited to here that you were about to launch your own dating website. I am honored to help you and have research the answers to the questions you emailed me. I hope the following information will help to make your website successful.

Bidders Edge would use eBay’s servers to perform automated searchers this oblige customers to access multiple auction sites. EBay users can purchase or sale items person to person from its website. However, when these operations were conveyed to eBay, the two companies’s tried to come to an agreement and failed. When eBay wouldn’t deal (BE) started using backup servers not directly linked to them. Because this would cause eBay’s system to be inaccessible, loss of data and potentially frustrated customers eBay filed a trespassing suit. (The Recorder, 2000).

Trespassing is when someone invades against a person or their personal property knowingly. California trespass law for computer systems is the same as their personal trespass because your computer is your personal property. Our text reads that to trespass is to interfere with private property (The Recorder, 2000). In the other reading of tort law, the injured party can bring a civil suit to seek compensation for what they feel was wrongfully done to them. This also can include intentional trespassing to land or personal property, (Torts, Negligence, Strict Liability, Criminal Law & Business Crimes, n.d.). These definitions exhibit the same point your personal property is your personal property rather it’s your computer or a physically own thing such as land.

Finally, I would say good luck and make sure you do your research before you decide to launch your website. You may want to start with looking at other websites that are related to yours. This may help you in the...