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/* R FRINGE COMMENTARY:
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Here is Pennsylvania's computer crimes law, adopted in 1983 with
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changes in 1986, Pennsylvania consolidated statutes title
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18 section 3933.*/
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SECTION 3933 Unlawful use of a computer
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(a) Offense defined.-- A person commits an offense if he:
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(1) accesses, alters, damages or destroys any
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computer, computer system, computer network, computer
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software, computer program or data base or any part
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thereof, with the intent to interrupt the normal
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functioning of an organization
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/*does a person commit a crime by breaking into a
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system and cleaning it up if the normal function of the
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organization is chaos and devolution?*/
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or to devise or execute any scheme or artifice to
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defraud or deceive or control property or services by
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means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
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rep[resentations, or promises;
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(2) intentionally and without authorization accesses,
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alters, interferes with the operation of, damages or
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destroys any computer, computer system, computer
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network, computer software, computer program, or
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computer data base or any part thereof; or
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(3) intentionally or knowingly and without
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authorization gives or publishes a password,
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identifying code, personal identification number or other
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confidential information about a computer, computer
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system, computer network or data base.
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/*This statute has an extremely elastic definition of the the
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term confidential information and gives a very broad tool to the
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computer industry. >Consequently label material sold in this
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state which is legitimately confidential "confidential
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information protected by 18PaC.S Section 3933*/
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(b) Grading.--An offense under subsection (a)(1) is a felony
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of the third degree. An offense under subsection (a)(2) or (3)
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is a a misdemeanor of the first degree.
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(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
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words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
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subsection:
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"Access". To intercept, instruct, communicate with, store
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data in, retrieve data from or otherwise make use of any
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resources of a computer, computer system, computer network or
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data base.
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"Computer." An electronic, magnetic, optical, hydraulic
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/* Will all of those with hydraulic computers PLEASE leave a
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message to me explaining what the hell a hydraulic computer
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is----- Thanks---- Sysop (Herb Kraft.) */
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organic or other high speed data processing device or system
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which performs, logic, arithmetic functions and includes all
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input, output, processing, storage, software or communication
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facilities which are connected or related to the device in a
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system or network.
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"Computer network" the interconnection of two o more
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computers through the usage of satellite, microwave, line or
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other communication medium.
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"Computer program" an ordered set of instructions or
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statements and related data that, when automatically execute in
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actual or modified form in a computer system, causes it to
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perform specified functions.
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"Computer software" a set of computer programs, procedures,
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and associated documentation concerned with the operation of a
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computer system.]
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"Computer system" a set of related, connected or unconnected
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computer equipment, devices and software.
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"Data base" a representation of information, knowledge,
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facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or
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processed or have been prepared or processed in a formalized
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manner and are intended for use in a computer, computer system or
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computer network including, but not limited to, computer
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printouts, magnetic storage media, punched cards or data stored
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internally in the memory of the computer.
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"Financial instrument" includes, but is not limited to, any
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check, draft, warrant, money order, note, certificate of deposit,
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letter of credit, bill of exchange, credit or debit card,
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transaction authorization mechanism, marketable security or any
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computer system representation thereof.
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"Property" includes but is not limited to financial
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instruments, computer software and programs either in machine or
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human readable form, and anything of value, tangible or
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intangible.
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"Services" includes but is not limited to, computer time,
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data processing and storage functions.
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