Assignment: Computer Crimes
Every September 19, the entire international community is invited to Talk Like a Pirate. Here, you may indulge in that linguistic celebration, but that's not the focus of your mission.
For this assignment, you must utilize your legal case research skills and find a case that dealt with intellectual property theft online. Your treasure map might have you begin at UC's library, where Nexis-Uni may be effective.
This is not an exercise in finding an article or opinion piece. Your source material must be a legal dispute. In order to avoid the risk of discussing only a handful of cases amongst the hundreds or more that have gone to court and are available, do not discuss a case that another student has already initiated; review the Discussion II.b. Forum before you post your Initial Post to avoid that fate.
At a minimum, you must:
i. Cite the legal case pursuant to APA citation guidelines for court decisions and cases (Purdue's OWL has direction), and make sure to submit it to Discussion II.b.;
ii. What was the principle issue in the legal dispute? This should surround the legal issue at the heart of the lawsuit, and may include the essential facts of the matter;
iii. What was the rule or set of rules that the court analyzed to frame the legal dispute? Maybe they are federal laws or regulations, or it could be at the state level, or a combination;
iv. How did the court apply the rules to the set of facts posed by each side? Here, we want your summary of the logic, the critical thinking, and the rationale that the court built its conclusion upon; AND
v. What did the court conclude? Who won, who lost, what's left unanswered for the next phase of litigation if there is one to follow?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.