Digital LawBy: Hope Linstrom, Kelsey Dailey, and Andrew Bruns

What is Digital Law?

• Digital Law is the legal rights and restrictions governing technology use. • Digital Law deals with the ethics of

technology within a society• These laws apply to anyone who works or

plays online

Pirating/copyright

• One night a couple of friends decided they didn’t want to pay for a song so they went online and downloaded it from file sharing website.

• What are the consequences to this action?

Consequences to Pirating• You have to appear in court

• $250,000 fine

• Imprisonment of up to five years

• A felony appears on your permanent record

Hacking

• A person in a company wired a large portion of company funds into their offshore account.

Consequences of Hacking

• Results of a minor hacking offense is loss of computer

• Major offenses result in Jail time and large fines

Identity theft

• You are a minor. One night you want to out to the bars.

You decide to steal your siblings ID because they are 21

and appear to look similar.

Consequences of Identity Theft

• Minimum of Two Years in Prison

• Appear in court

• Fine

Cyber Bullying

• On Facebook, statuses that are anonymously aimed at someone to humiliate them.

Consequences of Cyber Bullying

• Appear in court

• Tried for Defamation of charted, intentional emotional stress,

Invasion of privacy, Public disclosure of private facts

• Fined

• Sued

• Sex offender list depending on circumstances

In conclusion

• Just don’t do it