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User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace
Recently a user, Lori Drew, was charged with a felony for the heinous crime of pretending to be someone else on the Internet. Using the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Lori was charged for signing up for MySpace using a fake name. "The access to MySpace was unauthorized because using a fake name violated the terms of service. The information from a "protected computer" was the profiles of other MySpace users. If this is found to be a valid interpretation of the law, it's really quite frightening. If you violate the Terms of Service of a website, you can be charged with hacking. That's an astounding concept. Does this mean that everyone who uses Bugmenot could be prosecuted? Also, this isn't a minor crime, it's a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment per count. In Drew's case she was charged with three counts for accessing MySpace on three different occasions."
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Well as I doubt that 'Ethanol-fueled' is really your real name you have just commited a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
You appear to be using an alias, would like to come with us for a little while. -TLA(Three Letter Agency)
Drive a girl to commit suicide, and get prosecuted for loggin in under a fake name...
Yeah, what's the deal with that? That's like "Orchestrate the St. Valentine's Massacre, and get prosecuted for tax evasion." Just so friggin' wrong....
Sincerely,
A. Capone
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." -- Eric Hoffer
Oh no the jig is up! My real name isn't Cathoderoytube! My real name isn't even Roy! I don't know how to fix tvs! For the love of god don't throw me in jail!
I have nothing compelling to say
or crank calls you as "I P Freely".
Is that some sort of net neutrality joke?