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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Addendum to "Federal MySpace Indictment May
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Thu May 15 18:05:10 2008
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A quick addendum to "Federal MySpace Indictment May Threaten
Web 'Anonymity'" ( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000385.html ):
To be completely clear on a key point -- it's quite possible that
MySpace could have a cause for action in this case based on
violations of the Terms of Service. However, the federal "accessing
protected computers" statute was designed to protect against
hardcore computer hacking and related system penetrations, not for
cases of this sort, and this law has never before been applied in
this kind of situation.
Such "stretching" of the law, apparently in an attempt to mollify
public opinion, is highly problematic and risks significant negative
collateral damage to law-abiding Internet users in the long run.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com or lauren@pfir.org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
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Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
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