28. Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/index.html

Running Head : Computer Crime Intellectual Property Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U .S . Justice Department

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Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U .S . Justice Department

Abstract

In the world of relatively nothing is definite . A single entity can simultaneously be a blessing and a curse . The axiom holds its verity for the technology of computer and internet too . Just like many other scientific investigations , the computers and internet has equal

br potentials of benefiting and damaging . Just as these inventions have provided comfort to the users , they have also become a root cause of many perplexities for them . With the availability of internet as a criminal weapon to a great majority of homes within and around the United States , new shapes of crimes are inoculated everyday thereby increasing the concern of the US Justice Department to fight against such criminal conducts . This first provides a background and introduction of the core concepts like Computer Crimes , Intellectual Property , the violation of its rights through computer use and the correlation of the two concepts . The further discusses the role of US in mitigating the nation wide computer crimes . In this regard the services of the criminal division of the US Department of Justice are specifically focussed and their works , projects and progress is extrapolated profoundly . The concludes with a note acknowledging the importance of Justice Department , its Criminal division and its Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section in combating against the computer crimes and intellectual property thefts

Background "The incidence and complexity of computer crime continues to increase rapidly as greater numbers of people develop proficiency ) and as worldwide access to the Internet continues to expand (CNN , 2000

With these words the Justice Department of the United States demanded more funds to fight against the augmenting number of cyber crimes in the year 2000 . Of the allocated for the Intellectual Property Rights Centre which was decided to be led by the FBI and U .S . Customs Service (ibid . For the last few years the rapid force of computer related crimes has been growing indefinitely . This continuous augmentation is not necessarily because the US Justice department is not working effectively but because just like the protective measures are increasing , the crimes are also mounting due to the ever increasing awareness and proficiency of computer usage at all levels and through almost all geographical locations . The major reason behind the increase in cyber crimes is the attractiveness of maintaining anonymity at the cyber space . The very attractiveness of anonymity is a challenge for the US Justice Department since the identification of criminals is not easy at the internet

Introduction

To logically comprehend the it is mandatory to extrapolate the concepts of computer crime and intellectual property

Computer Crimes

In the contemporary world when the computers have revolutionized the patterns of life , it has also invited many negative corollaries with the very advancement...