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DOJ: Violating a Site's ToS Is a Crime
ideonexus writes "CNET has obtained a statement to be released by the Department of Justice tomorrow defending its broad interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) that defines violations of 'authorized access' in information systems as including any act that violates a Web site's terms of service, while the White House is arguing for expanding the law even further. This would criminalize teenagers using Google for violating its ToS, which says you can't use its services if 'you are not of legal age to form a binding contract,' and turns multiple attempts to upload copyrighted videos to YouTube into 'a pattern of racketeering' according to a GWU professor and an attorney cited in the story."
Supporter of the +1 Over Dramatic mod option. In memory of apk.
For that second I actually got to believe that it was even *remotely* possible that a government official might actually take the side of the vast majority of citizens and consumers in America
So what were you high on? ;-)
Surely the next guy will be different!
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
The following acts are considered violations of these Terms of Service. Additional acts may be considered violations at the owner's discretion.
1. Being a member/employee of the United States Department of Justice.
2. Being a member/employee of the RIAA and/or associated organisations.
3. Being a member/employee of the MPAA and/or associated organisations.
Not once. Not even once. You, and you alone, are nothing but a pathetic sandwich that has never known bread. Not a single piece of bread is known to you! Your true power has been revealed!
I'm confused. Do I have to keep sacrificing goats or not?
World of Warcraft alone will fill up juvenile detention facilities around the country with all the TOS violations from teenagers.
If citizens are going to be held accountable for violating TOS as a criminal offense- we're either going to have a bunch more criminals OR in order for TOS to hold water they have to pass a dumb user test- be short, to the point and easily understandable by Joe the plumber.
The first one.
Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
Tire sealant.
That was pretty specific. Is this a reference I am not understanding?
Tire sealant.
That was pretty specific. Is this a reference I am not understanding?
Have you ever done tire sealant? No? That's why.
looks like i picked the wrong day to quit sniffin glue.
On the upside, if he did get elected president it would be a huge boon for small torture business owners.
Well that changed.
B) Eliminate all the stupid users. This is frowned upon by society.