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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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  1. Re:I'm George Bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, you are a terrist pretending to be Bush, and we must invade your country.

  2. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nachos!

  3. Re:dicks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You forgot cocksucker and tits.

  4. Re:What the.... by Facegarden · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Haha, TLA are my initials!

    On a side note, i've revealed more information about my real self, damnit.
    -Taylor

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    Worldwide Military budgets: $2100 billion. Worldwide Space Exploration budgets: $38 billion. Really, world? Really?
  5. Re:Listen up by cmacb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    His friends just call him Ethel.

  6. Re:What the.... by linzeal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am 31 and only have a facebook account and 2 email addys. If people really need to talk to me they can buy me a drink.

  7. Re:Listen up by teknopurge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    PLEASE MOD PARENT UP