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Groklaw Summarizes the Lori Drew Verdict

Posted by kdawson on from the unpredictable-and-retroactve dept.

Bootsy Collins writes "Last Wednesday, the Lori Drew 'cyberbullying' case ended in three misdemeanor convictions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a 1986 US Federal law intended to address illegally accessing computer systems. The interpretation of the act by the Court to cover violations of website terms of service, a circumstance obviously not considered in the law's formulation and passage, may have profound effects on the intersection of the Internet and US law. Referring to an amicus curiae brief filed by online rights organizations and law professors, PJ at Groklaw breaks down the implications of the decision to support her assertion that 'unless this case is overturned, it is time to get off the Internet completely, because it will have become too risky to use a computer.'"

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  1. ...too risky to use a computer.'" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This has been the case for years for anyone using any software created by Micro$oft...

  2. What a tool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The woman needs to pay. Unquestionably.

    1. Re:What a tool... by Atlantis-Rising · · Score: 0, Troll

      But, Judge QuantumG, that woman was walking down the alleyway in a short skirt! Everything has risk! if she chose to walk down that alleyway at night, then it is her choice, and she is responsible.

      Not my client, though. He might have raped her, but she was really responsible for it.

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      "It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." -Peak Performance
    2. Re:What a tool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Get fucked. On a daily basis.

  3. what a hysterical twit by circletimessquare · · Score: -1, Troll

    "all the judges aren't sane, all the presidents aren't sane, noboody in government knows how a computer runs!"

    oooo noooes!

    all you need is the pantyhose twisted around your ankles and your lipstick smudged

    you have ZERO faith in the institutions of your government

    and people get the governments they deserve

    therefore, if the government sucks, it is because of hysterical overreactive twits with such little faith as yourself as the government's base

    meanwhile, i have a little more faith than you in our government, and through me and people like me, it will be held accountable to higher standards

    you, meanwhile, go run around outside and yell histrionic and fear-addled slogans

    you're such a benefit to us all, really

    fucking faithless twit

    contribute something more positive than "everything sucks! waaah!" or shut the fuck up

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it