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'''Internet Crime''' is really a group of [[online]] related [[crime|crimes]], most of them particular or unique to the [[Internet]].  Some of them are variations on older schemes of a non-Internet nature, adapted for use on the Net.

'''Internet Crime''' is really a group of [[online]] related [[crime]]s, most of them particular or unique to the [[Internet]].  Some of them are variations on older schemes of a non-Internet nature, adapted for use on the Net.

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== Criminal Statutes Governing the Internet ==

== Criminal Statutes Governing the Internet ==

Here are federal [[law|laws]] criminalizing wrongful internet activity:

Here are federal [[law]]s criminalizing wrongful internet activity:

*15 USC §§ 7701-7713, Controlling Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketings Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act)

*15 USC §§ 7701-7713, Controlling Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketings Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act)

Most states also have their own laws criminalizing improper internet activity, which are often stronger and more easily enforced than the federal law:

Most states also have their own laws criminalizing improper internet activity, which are often stronger and more easily enforced than the federal law:

Michigan:

Michigan: