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Wyoming Statutes Title 6. Crimes and Offenses § 6-1-205. Limitations on criminal liability for digital expression

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A digital expression that does not otherwise constitute a crime or subject the person responsible for creating the digital expression to criminal liability under the Wyoming Criminal Code shall not serve as the sole basis for any criminal liability based on the use of that digital expression by another person.

(b) Hosting or storing a digital expression on a computer, computer network or computer system in Wyoming in a manner that does not otherwise constitute a crime or subject the person hosting or storing the digital expression to criminal liability under the Wyoming Criminal Code shall not serve as the sole basis for any criminal liability based on the use of that digital expression by another person.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prohibit liability for criminal activity merely because the conduct was in part initiated or carried out by means of a digital expression.

(d) As used in this section:

(i) “Digital expression” means an expression that is communicated through source code or a computer program;

(ii) “Computer” means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(ii);

(iii) “Computer network” means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(iii);

(iv) “Computer program” means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(iv);

(v) “Computer software” mean as defined by W.S. 6-3-501(a)(v);

(vi) “Computer system” means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(vi);

(vii) “Source code” means any form of work used to create or modify a computer program. “Source code” includes:

(A) Instructions and statements expressed in a computer programming language;

(B) Computer programming comments, notes and memoranda;

(C) Design documents and functional specifications for a computer program.

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