Computer Crime - 2009 - Review Q and A

ANNOUNCEMENT: Because of the website outage Saturday night, I am extending my Q&A policy. I will respond to questions I receive until NOON on Sunday, December 13, 2009.

NOTE: I am not posting every single student question. Instead, I am only posting student questions that I believe the class, as a whole, will benefit from hearing. Some questions are too basic to deserve attention. Other questions are too advanced and nuanced. So don't take it personally if your question doesn't appear here. (Do take it personally if I don't respond to one of your questions. I might have forgotten to get to it, so if you don't hear from me in a day or two, please ask again.)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009

Statutes Not in Appendix
Q: What should we do about legislative and other materials we discussed in class that don't appear in the casebook? For example, the casebook doesn't include 17 U.S.C. 106 (Exclusive Rights in Copyright) or the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.

A: Feel free to rely on the most recently updated versions of materials like these.

posted at: 20:43 | path: | permanent link to this entry

Which Statutes Should we Know?
Q: Which statutes should we be prepared to carefully review the text of for this exam? I am under the impression that the statutes to deconstruct included the pen register statute, 1030, the SCA, and wiretap statute. Are these all that we should know the exact text of? or should we know where to find the exact text of CP statutes + economic espionage + etc as well?

A: You're technically responsible for all of the statutes we have studied in class. That said, you should use our classroom discussions as a rough guide for how deeply you need to know the statutes. We did spend a fair amount of time with the four statutes listed in the question.

posted at: 20:29 | path: | permanent link to this entry

Welcome.
Welcome to the student question and answer blog for Professor Ohm's 2009 Computer Crime course. During the exam period, I will post student questions with my answers on this page.

I am not posting every single student question. Instead, I am only posting student questions that I believe the class, as a whole, will benefit from hearing. Some questions are too basic to deserve attention. Other questions are too advanced and nuanced. So don't take it personally if your question doesn't appear here. (Do take it personally if I don't respond to one of your questions. I might have forgotten to get to it, so if you don't hear from me in a day or two, please ask again.)

posted at: 20:20 | path: | permanent link to this entry