Module 13 and 14

Research on ten Philippine e-commerce related crimes that were successfully solved by the government. State the crime committed, name of criminals, court's decision and include the source of your information.

1.

Crime committed: “ILOVEYOU virus”

Name of Criminal/s: Onel de Guzman

Court’s Decision: Case Dismissed

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/special-report/06/06/08/cyber-crime-law-urgent-stalled-congress

2.

Crime committed: cracked a 100-million peso ($3-million Cdn.) computer hacking ring that had gained access to telephone company lines and sold off cheap phone calls

Name of Criminal/s: Jordanian brothers

Court’s Decision: Convicted

Source:       http://www.crime-research.org/news/2002/09/Mess1101.htm

3.

Crime committed: hacking the government portal "gov.ph" and other government websites

Name of Criminal/s: JJ Maria Giner

Court’s Decision: Convicted

Source:       http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.09.2005/1519/

4.

Crime committed:  Stealing company secrets, according to a copy of the complaint shown to INQUIRER.net.

Name of Criminal/s: Roschelle Claro

Court’s Decision: The case is now under preliminary investigation following the filing of the investigators from the NBI-AFCCD, her license as a chemist was taken from her.

Source:       http://www.crime-research.org/news/09.07.2008/3443/

5.

Crime committed: Allegedly hacking into AT&T's phone systems as part of a plan to funnel money to a Saudi-based terror group

Name of Criminal/s: Macnell Gracilla, Francisco Manalac, Regina Balura and Paul Michael Kwan

Court’s Decision: Convicted

Source:       http://www.zdnetasia.com/filipino-hackers-behind-atandt-attack-62303030.htm

6.

Crime committed:  Credit Card Fraud

Name of Criminal/s: Wu Yen Jung

Court’s Decision: Arrested, and detained at the BI detention center in Bicutan, Taguig City

Source:       http://immigration.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1129&Itemid=78

7.

Crime committed: Engaging in the reproduction and sale of pirated materials

Name of Criminal/s: Raffy Bitancor

Court’s Decision: Suffer the straight penalty of one year imprisonment and a fine of P50,000 for each of the two offenses for engaging in the reproduction and sale of pirated materials.

Source:       http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564

8.

Crime committed: Illegal reproduction of movies

Name of Criminal/s: Joshua Chen, Lee Hokbeng, Johan Ang, Uang Zhu Sy, Wen Jhong, William Tan, Kim Diang and Ong Wen San

Court’s Decision:  Convicted, illegal reproduction of movies found in their possession were forfeited in favor of the government

Source:       http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564

9.

Crime committed: Video Films Piracy

Name of Criminal/s: Jiang Ming Zhi, Jhuang Shang Ti and Zheng Huo Yan

Court’s Decision: Three months and one day terms and each to pay a fine of P500,000 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency

Source:       http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564

10.

Crime committed: Selling pirated DVDs, Ramgen-Janelle sex video

Name of Criminal/s: Zoren Reyes, 35, of Tanang St., Signal Corps Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal; Sonny Abdulrashed, 18, of Fernando dela Paz St. Cainta, Rizal, Salman Usman, 20, of Karangalan St., Buenas Palengke, Cainta, Rizal; Junard Sharief, 27, of Imelda Avenue BB Soliven, Sta. Mesa, Cainta, Rizal and Asnawi Kiram, 19, of Karangalan St., Cainta, Rizal.

Court’s Decision:  Convicted, and charged with violation of RA 9995 or the anti-photo and video voyeurism act and article 201 of the Revised Penal Code.

Source:       http://cidg.pnp.gov.ph/NewsPress.htm

Module 12

What is there for to rejoice if you have the intellectual property on something? Would it be a great instrument to the economic growth of the country? Or you are just the sole beneficiary of the fruits you have reaped from what you have sowed? Explain.

It feels good if you have the intellectual property on something, this is because your effort for what you discover or developed will be acknowledge and that every time this development or discovery is used you will earn a percentage of what it will earn.  This is also relaxing that you have helped in the economic growth of your country. Even if you are just sole beneficiary of the fruits you have reaped from what you have sowed still you have done great and that you contributed something for the common good. It is good to see that people are enjoying your discovery or development and that this helps them in many ways especially in living their lives conveniently.

Module 11-2

Is it ethical to blog both awful and pleasant experiences with your ex-girlfriend / ex-boyfriend? Discuss.

Blogging both awful and pleasant experiences with your ex-girlfriend / ex-boyfriend is not ethical yet sometimes educational. It is not ethical because one must learn to experience privacy and you do not have to tell the world what happened between you and your exs. People will only make fun of your post regarding your exs, this would only degrade your dignity, and the tendency is people will just mock at you thinking that you are like that, and like this. We must learn to choose what to post online and what not to. This is for our own good and to help other people not to commit mistakes in commenting what you have posted online.

I said earlier that is sometimes educational because there are people who want to post both awful and pleasant experiences with their exs just to serve as an example that people must learn. They want to tell the world that “what I have done was wrong; don’t follow what I did because it will make your life miserable.”

Module 11-1

Facebook’s marketing director, who happens to be Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, proposed last year that banning online anonymity would help curtail cyber-bullying and Internet harassment. Then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a similar observation in year 2010, noting that “privacy is incredibly important” but “not the same thing as anonymity.” If banning is already imposed or will be imposed would this stop annoying comments against someone freely posted by an anonymous FB user? Is this ethical? Is this against the freedom of speech? Support your answer.

For me, banning anonymity would somehow but not totally stop annoying comments against some freely posted against someone by anonymous FB user. This is because there are still FB users who weren’t afraid of saying anything in the facebook having their names exposed. The concern of this issue is the self-discipline of every facebook user, one should be responsible enough for every comment that they made on the said site. It is in the inner self of the user to develop from within the respect that the people need and deserved. After all, this banning is not against the freedom of speech but against those people who have abused their freedom in speech. After all, this is ethical, since what is important is that one must learn to respect other people so that they cannot blame other people for not respecting them.

Module 10

Is social justice evident in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona? Discuss.

Chief justices is responsible in promoting social justice but as what we can hear, read and see these people are the ones who are taking it away from the people. In the case of impeachment of Chief justice Corona, I can say that it is an evident of social justice. Evident in the since that he was responsible for everything that he did. Not declaring his properties and liability assets shows that he is hiding something that is illegal, since one should be proud for what he earned and what he got from working only if these things are achieved honestly. So, impeachment of Corona will help people to experience their rights as a citizen of the Philippines. And in that way he will suffer the consequences of his work. Since that money should go to those people who are in need yet he takes it away from them and enjoys living a luxurious life while these people are suffering. 

It only shows that “Richer becomes richer and poor becomes poorer”.