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/* R FRINGE COMMENTARY: Here's the Wyoming Computer Crimes Law,
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Wyoming Criminal Code, Section 6-3-501, adopted in 1982/1983 */
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SECTION 6-3-501 Definitions
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As used in this article:
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(i) "Access" means to approach, instruct, communicate with,
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store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any
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of the resources of a computer, computer system, or computer
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network;
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(ii) "Computer" means an internally programmed, automatic
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device which performs data processing;
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(iii) "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely
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connected devices and communications facilities including more
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than one (1) a computer system with capability to transmit data
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among them through communication facilities;
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(iv) "Computer program" means an ordered set of data
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representing coded instructions or statements which when executed
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by a computer cause the computer to process data;
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(v) "Computer software" means a set of computer programs,
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procedures and associated documentation concerned with the
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operation of a computer system;
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(vi) "Computer system" means a set of related, connected or
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unconnected, computer equipment, devices and computer software;
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(vii) "Computer system services" means providing a computer
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system or computer network to perform useful work;
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(viii) "Financial instrument" means a check, draft, money
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order, certificate of deposit, letter of credit, bill of
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exchange, credit card, or marketable security;
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(ix) "Intellectual property" means data, including programs;
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(x) "Property" includes financial instruments, information,
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electronically produced data, computer software and programs in
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machine-readable and human-readable form;
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(xi) "Trade secret" means the whole or a portion or phase of
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a formula, pattern, device, combination of devices or compilation
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of information which is for use, or is used in the operation of a
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business and which provides the business an advantage or
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opportunity to obtain an advantage or opportunity to obtain an
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advantage over those who do not know or use it. "Trade secret"
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includes any scientific, technical or commercial information
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including any design, process, procedure, list of suppliers, list
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of customers, business code or improvement thereof. Irrespective
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of novelty, invention, patentability, the state of the prior art
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and the level of skill in the business, art or field to which the
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subject matter pertains, when the owner of a trade secret takes
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measures to prevent it from becoming available to persons other
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than those selected by the owner to have access to it for limited
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purposes, the trade secret is considered to be:
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(A) Secret;
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(B) Of value;
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(C) For use or in use by the business; and
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(D) Providing an advantage or an opportunity to obtain an
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advantage to the business owner over those who do not know
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or use it.
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SECTION 6-3-502 Crimes against intellectual property; penalties
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(a) A person commits a crime against intellectual property
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if he knowingly and without authorization:
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(i) Modifies data, programs or supporting documentation
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residing or existing internal or external to a
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computer, computer system or computer network;
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(ii) Destroys data, programs or supporting
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documentation residing or existing internal or external
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to a computer, computer system or computer network;
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(iii) Discloses or takes data, programs, or supporting
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documentation having a value of more than seven hundred
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fifty dollars ($750) and which is a trade secret and is
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confidential, as provided by law, residing or existing
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internal or external to a computer, computer system or
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computer network.
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(b) A crime against intellectual property is:
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(i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than
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three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars
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($3,000.00), or both, except as is provided in paragraph (ii) of
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this subsection;
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(ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than
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ten (10) years, a fine of not more than $ 10,000, or both, of
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the crime is committed with the intention of devising or
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executing a scheme or artifice to defraud or to obtain property.
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SECTION 6-3-503 Crimes against computer equipment or supplies;
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interruption or impairment of governmental operations or public
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services; penalties
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(a) A person commits a crime against computer equipment or
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supplies if he knowingly and without authorization, modifies
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equipment or supplies used or intended to be used in a computer,
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computer system or computer network. A crime against computer
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equipment or supplies is:
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(i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
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more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred
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fifty dollars ($750.00) or both, except as provided in paragraph
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ii of this subsection;
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(ii) A felony punishable imprisonment for not more than
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ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars $
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10,000.00), or both, if the crime is committed with the intention
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of devising or executing a scheme or artifice to defraud to to
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obtain property.
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(b) A person who knowingly and without authorization
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destroys, injures or damages a computer, computer system or
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computer network and thereby interrupts or impairs governmental
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operations or public communication, transportation or supplies of
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water, gas or other public service, is guilty of a felony
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punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a
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fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or
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both.
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SECTION 6-3-504 Crimes against computer users; penalties
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(a) A person commits a crime against computer users if he
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knowingly and without authorization:
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(i) Accesses a computer, computer system or computer
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network;
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(ii) Denies computer system services to an authorized
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user of the computer system services which, in whole or part, are
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owned by, under contract to, or operated for, on behalf of, or in
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conjunction with another.
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(b) A crime against computer users is:
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(i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
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than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand
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dollars $ 3,000.00), or both.
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(i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
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than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
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dollars $ 3,000.00), or both; if the crime is committed with the
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intention of devising or executing a scheme or artifice to
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defraud or to obtain property.
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SECTION 6-3-505 This article not exclusive
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This article shall not preclude the application of any
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other provision of the criminal law of this state which applies
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or may apply to any violation of this article, unless the
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provision is inconsistent with this article.
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