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Internet Access and Computer Fraud Laws

Posted by michael on from the rated-p-for-parole-in-12-14-years dept.

DrJimbo writes "Groklaw has an explanatory article covering the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in layman's terms. The article discusses legal precedents that might make it illegal to access much of the internet. The article is a response to a claim by SCO that IBM violated the CFAA by downloading GPL'ed software from SCO's public HTTP and FTP sites."

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  1. Heh by NetNifty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The article is a response to a claim by SCO that IBM violated the CFAA by downloading GPL'ed software from SCO's public HTTP and FTP sites."

    And this is a perfect example of why nobody takes SCO seriously.

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