From Montana Code Annotated October 1999
45-6-310.
Definition -- computer use. As used in
45-6-311, the term "obtain the use of" means to instruct, communicate with,
store data in, retrieve data from, cause input to, cause output from, or
otherwise make use of any resources of a computer, computer system, or computer
network or to cause another to instruct, communicate with, store data in,
retrieve data from, cause input to, cause output from, or otherwise make use of
any resources of a computer, computer system, or computer network.
History: En.
Sec. 2, Ch. 485, L. 1981.
(a) obtains the use of any
computer, computer system, or computer network without consent of the owner;
(b) alters or destroys or
causes another to alter or destroy a computer program or computer software
without consent of the owner; or
(c) obtains the use of or
alters or destroys a computer, computer system, computer network, or any part
thereof as part of a deception for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or
computer services from the owner of the computer, computer system, computer
network, or part thereof or from any other person.
(2) A person convicted of the
offense of unlawful use of a computer involving property not exceeding $1,000 in
value shall be fined not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail
for a term not to exceed 6 months, or both. A person convicted of the offense of
unlawful use of a computer involving property exceeding $1,000 in value shall be
fined not more than 2 1/2 times the value of the property used, altered,
destroyed, or obtained or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to
exceed 10 years, or both.
History: En.
Sec. 3, Ch. 485, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 581, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 616,
L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 397, L. 1999.
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