§ 6-1-205 — Limitations on criminal liability for digital expression

Wyoming § 6-1-205

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Art. 2: LIABILITY

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(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.