ToS Violations No Longer a Crime (On Their Own)

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, 2011 @03:41AM from the just-take-care-of-that-tag-on-your-pillow dept.

nonprofiteer writes "The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act previously made 'unauthorized access to a computer system' a crime — meant to apply to hackers, it also criminalized violations of a website's ToS or of a workplace's computer policies. The law is being changed to make the crime a felony rather than a misdemeanor, which led some to worry about the potential for its abuse. However, Senators Franken and Grassley added an amendment (PDF) to exempt violations of ToS and employer policies from the lists of felony activity. w00t for common sense."

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Re:Sorry but.... by X0563511 · 2011-09-16 04:36 · Score: 1, Troll

Well, to be honest it is a well-serving reflex. I'm sure it has a very high hit-rate.

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Re:Sorry but.... by X0563511 · 2011-09-16 06:06 · Score: 1, Troll

You forgot the second sentence in my reply.
Hint: The Boy Who Cried Wolf would be a very different story if there was actually a wolf 95% of the time he sounded the alarm...

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For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...