Defining the Boundariesof Computer Crime: Piracy, Break-Ins, and Sabotage in Cyberspace Herman T. Tavani PhilosophyDepartment, RivierCollege htavani@rivier.edu ecent criminal, or at least questionable, activities in olving the use of computer technology I have received onsiderable media attention. Reports of these activities have recently appeared as cover stories in reputable periodicals, as headlines in major newspapers, and as lead stories on television news programs in the U.S. and around the globe. Consider four recent incidents, each of which illustrates a different type of alleged criminal activity involving computer technology. In May 2000, the ILOVEYOU computer virus, also referred to as the Love Bug, infected computer systems in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, disrupting e-commerce activities as well as the operations of many governmental agencies. In February 2000, a series of "cyberattacks" on major commercial Web sites, owned and operated by Amazon, eBay, CNN, Yahoo, and others, resulted in "denial of service" requests to users who wished to access those sites for legitimate purposes. In December 1999, the owners and operators of the Napster Web site were sued by the Recording Industry Association of America for "illegally" distributing copyrighted music (in the form of MP3 files) on the Internet. And
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