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Computer Crime Computer Crime

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Refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.

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Issues 101 Computer Crime Computer Fraud Computer Fraud Obscene or offensive content Obscene or offensive content Harassment Harassment Computer Issues Intellectual Property Rights (Pirating) Intellectual Property Rights (Pirating) Pornography using the internet Pornography using the internet Pyramiding scam using the internet Pyramiding scam using the internet Gaming or lottery Gaming or lottery

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Computer fraud is any dishonest misrepresentation of fact intended to let another to do or refrain from doing something which causes loss. Computer fraud is any dishonest misrepresentation of fact intended to let another to do or refrain from doing something which causes loss.

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The content of websites and other electronic communications may be distasteful, obscene or offensive for a variety of reasons. In some instances these communications may be illegal. The content of websites and other electronic communications may be distasteful, obscene or offensive for a variety of reasons. In some instances these communications may be illegal.

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Harassment directs obscenities and derogatory comments at specific individuals focusing for example on gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation. This often occurs in chat rooms, through newsgroups, and by sending hate e-mail to interested parties. Harassment directs obscenities and derogatory comments at specific individuals focusing for example on gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation. This often occurs in chat rooms, through newsgroups, and by sending hate e-mail to interested parties.

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Intellectual Property Rights (Pirating) The age of digital media has dramatically changed intellectual property rights (IPR). The proliferation of technologies that enable mass-market digital copying and analog/digital conversion, combined with file-sharing software and peer-to-peer networks that are easily accessible via high-speed Internet connections, have led to increased concerns about distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted media.

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Pornography Internet pornography is any pornography that is accessible over the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups. The availability of widespread public access to the World Wide Web in 1991 led to the growth of Internet pornography. pornographyInternetwebsitespeer-to-peerfile sharingUsenetWorld Wide Web

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Pyramiding scam using the internet A fraudulent moneymaking scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to others above them in a hierarchy while expecting to receive payments from people recruited below them.

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Gaming or lottery A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. gambling Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments.