| Diritto ed Informatica: Diritto Internet
 
 
 
        
        
        
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                              | computer crime (en) |   |  |  
        | Definition | A leading American commentator, Donn Parker, identified four forms of computer abuse distinguished in each case by the role played by the computer. Thus, the computer might: 1 (a) serve as the victim of crime; (b) constitute the environment within which a crime is committed; (c) provide the means by which a crime is committed; or (d) symbolically be used to intimidate, deceive or defraud victims. 
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        | Definition source | (B)reed8 
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        | Context | This appeal presents two narrow issues of statutory construction concerning a provision Congress recently adopted to strengthen protection against computer crimes. 
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        | Context source | (Lc)morris 
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        | Synonym | computer abuse/misuse, computer(-)related crime 
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        | Subject field | Internet Law 
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        | Comprehensive concept | criminal law 
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        | Related concept | harmful content; illegal content > child pornography, defamation, false advertising, piracy, spamming, trademark infringement, unfair competition; information security risks > hacking 
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        | it | computer crime (It)/crimine informatico 
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        | Reliability code | 3 
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