The advent of the Internet presents a new genre of crimes: invasion of privacy over the Internet; breaking into others’ computers and data banks to steal and change information; luring children into less-than-desirable situations; and more. How will students become cyber-savvy to protect themselves against computer crime and to prevent themselves from committing computer crimes.

Copying and distributing software without the permission of the owner is a crime.

Useful Sites on Computer Crime:

• http://www.rbs2.com/ccrime.htm
• http://www.met.police.uk/computer crime/
• http://nsi.org/Library/Compsec/computerlaw/statelaws.html

Interesting Web sites that discuss Computer Crime Topics:

The Software Publishers Association (SPA) and the Information Industry Association (IIA) merged on Jan.1,1999, to form a new trade association representing the software and information industries. The new association, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), unites the code and content industries into powerful global consortium. This union of code & content in the digital age delivers unmatched industry advocacy, business development, research and education.

• http://www.siia.net/ - The Software and Information Industry Association
• www.spa.org/piracy/report.htm -Software Publishers Association Anti-Piracy
• www.ompi.org/ - World Intellectual Property Organization
• http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/crime/ - Educator's Guide to Computer Crime and Technological Misuse