Cyber 0efamatIon Is a genre of Cyber CrIme.

Cyber crImes are not radIcally dIfferent from

conventIonal crImes.
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ntentIon to secure access to any program or
data held In any computer or networks.
Knowledge at the tIme of commIttIng actus
re a that knows that the act Is unauthorIsed.
The vIctIm may not be a dIrected IndIvIdual
as the act Is not always personalIsed.
PThe IntentIon to harm the reputatIon of a
partIcular person or reasonably know that
hIs/her conduct could cause such harms.499
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PCyber defamatIon when defamatIon done
wIth computer/Internet as a tool
PSec 4JunauthorIsed access , unauthorIsed
downloadIng , vIrus attacks etc - fIne upto Fs
1 crore dependIng on data theft.
PSec 65" tamperIng wIth computer source
documents "ImprIsonment for J years.
P!unIshable becausethe crImInal act Is
potentIally capable of harmIng a large
number of people.
PTradItIonal standards for the grant of
InjunctIons In cases of defamatIon over
Internet wIll be applIcable.
PA plaIntIff can choose to lItIgate In whIchever
country to pursue the case dependIng where
the laws wIll be most favourable to hIm.
P|ost Important relIef claImed In such cases Is
the damage.
PCourts generally analyzed S! lIabIlIty under
the same standards applIed to newspapers
and other medIa ( anyone who exercIsed a
substantIal degree of edItorIal control over
the dIstrIbuted product).
PA thIrd party publIshed defamatory materIal
on a network and the computer redIstrIbuted
that materIal , the owner or operator of the
server was not lIable If one who permIts
access to publIshed defamatory content , but
who does not assIst In publIshIng that
content.