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Glossary
For the purposes of the computer crime case chart, the following words
or phrases are defined.
Violation
– This category lists
the section/s of the U.S.C. used in the defendant’s indictment or
conviction.
Trademark
– 18 U.S.C. § 2320 bans trafficking in counterfeit goods or
services.
Copyright
– 18 U.S.C. § 2318 and § 2319 prohibit, respectively,
trafficking in counterfeit labels and documentation, and infringing
a copyright.
Unauthorized
use of communications – 47 U.S.C. § 605 bans the
unauthorized use of telecommunications services (such as satellite television
programming) as well as the distribution of devices that enable such
unauthorized use.
Digital
Millenium Copyright Act – 17 U.S.C. § 1201 prohibits
the circumvention of copyright protection systems.
Film,
Music - Whether or not the film and music industry was affected
by the IP crime. For example, a case involving distribution of bootleg
copies of a Star Wars movie would be indicated with a checkmark in the
“Film, Music” column, as would a case involving “cracked”
DirecTV access cards.
Soft-/Hard-ware
- Whether or not the software and hardware industry was affected by the
IP crime. A case involving distribution of Adobe software on a WareZ site,
or manipulated and remarked computer chips, would be indicated with a
checkmark in the “Soft-/Hard-ware” column.
Estimated
loss - The estimated amount of damage that occurs as a result
of the IP crime. The estimates in this table are rounded down from figures
provided by law enforcement agents on the case.
Perpetrator
Charged - Indicates whether the defendant was allegedly operating
within a larger, organized framework.
Punishment
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Incarceration
or probation (months) - refers to number of months of incarceration
(prison, home confinement) imposed on the defendant, or, if no incarceration
was imposed, the number of months of probation.
Fine,
Forfeiture, Restitution - the combined amount that the defendant
must pay in fines, restitution and forfeiture.
Other
- This column may be used for mentioning unusual aspects of the case.
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