COSC3325
Report
– 3
Due: Wednesday, 3/31/2010
Computer Crime Case (or
Legal Case) Study
Requirements:
1.
Search some web sites possibly
including WWW.CyberCrime.GOV for Computer crime cases and
WWW.EFF.ORG for Legal cases.
2.
If you open above DOJ site which is
the home page of CCIPS (Computer Crime and Intellectual
Property Section) of Department of
Justice, you can find a lot of Computer Crime Cases,
Intellectual Property
Crime Cases or CyberCrime Documents that include a lot
of Press Releases
from US
Attorney's Office on the computer crime cases.
3. If you open the EFF
site (Electronic Frontier Foundation: Defending Freedom in
the
Digital World), you will see tabs like “OUR WORK” and “PRESS
ROOM.”
The former tab shows Legal Cases in which EFF has been involved and White
Papers,
and the latter tab has Press Releases, among
many other interesting links.
4. You can also look at
"WWW-Swiss.ai.mit.edu/6.805/readings-general.html" for
some
noteworthy yet old
cases.
5. Study two computer
crime cases or two legal cases.
6. If you study the
former then turn in a report that describes (in 3-4 doubly-spaced
pages)
a. Summary of the crime
b. Defendant(s) and their motivations, if
known.
c. The damage(s) suffered
d. US Laws/regulations that were violated and the
punishments sentenced.
e. Your opinion on (i) why you really think the
crime has to be condemned and
(ii) how similar crimes can be
prevented.
f. What you think you really have learned from this
study.
g. The extent of Independent Study you did in writing this
report.
h. List of References.
7. If you study legal
cases then turn in a report that describes (in 3-4 doubly-spaced
pages)
a. Summary of each case
b. what are the controversial issues in each
case.
c. US Laws/regulations that are involved in each
case.
d. EFF's opinion and your own opinion on each
case.
e. What you think you really have learned from this
study.
f. The Extent of Independent study you did in writing this
report.
g. List of References.
8. Your paper
should have pertinent headings.
9. Additional
requirement:
(a)
If you are taking the online course, then you
also need to submit a powerpoint
document
consisting of about 10-12 slides with your
narratives recorded to substitute for the in-class
presentation.
This is very IMPORTANT because it is to satisfy one course objective of
the
communication skill (oral and written)
improvement.
(b)
Else, you will present your report to the class on the day when the
report is due just
like other previous
reports.