questions about piracy and online scams

I’m studying for my Computer Science class and need an explanation.

Find an article about a online scam that took in someone who should have known better, post a link to the article here with a brief analysis of what happened and some commentary about what could have been done to avoid being victimized.

Example: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/us/texas-school-district-email-scam-trnd/index.html (Links to an external site.)

then answer these questions:

( three sntences each)

• What is intellectual property and what kinds of forms does it take?
• Whose interests does the criminalization of copying serve?
• Is there a case to be made for decriminalizing piracy and at what cost?