"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."
Did you do any research on this? This is the crackpot who was pretending to be a boy and a girl hanged herself over his messages. As far as I'm concerned she can rot for what she did.
It's not so much the case itself (which obviously has other issues than simply breaching terms of service), but the implications (that breaching the terms of service is considered hacking). This means that if I say, install Photoshop on more than one PC, Adobe can sue me for hacking. Or if I sign up for a hotmail account with the name "Hugh Jass", Microsoft can sue me for hacking.
EDIT: Yeah, just realized that this can get very political very fast, so if it does, I'm sorry mods.
Look, you're reading way too much into this. This is a grieving family trying to teach a freaking douche that her actions will catch up to her. It's just like when they got that one gangster jailed for tax evasion so they could convict him.
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mothatrucka wrote:Look, you're reading way too much into this. This is a grieving family trying to teach a freaking douche that her actions will catch up to her. It's just like when they got that one gangster jailed for tax evasion so they could convict him.
I see your point. I guess I jumped to a conclusion and should've researched it. Yeah, it's exactly like the Al Capone thing.
Aguiluz wrote:I have to use a made-up identity to keep me private.
Kinda defeats the point of social interaction.
How does it defeat the point?
Here in BenHeck, we all know each other by screen names. Not real names. You know me as Aguiluz. I know you as Negative_Creep. I know and identify everyone with screen names. Yet we help each other, talk with each other and have fun with the site. Is that social interaction without real world names? Yes it is.
Aguiluz wrote:I have to use a made-up identity to keep me private.
Kinda defeats the point of social interaction.
How does it defeat the point?
Here in BenHeck, we all know each other by screen names. Not real names. You know me as Aguiluz. I know you as Negative_Creep. I know and identify everyone with screen names. Yet we help each other, talk with each other and have fun with the site. Is that social interaction without real world names? Yes it is.
Actually quiet a lot of the members know each other personally, by their real names, and have had social interaction before. (MSG?[or w.e its called ])
I think the reason Lifeisbetterwithketchup was nervous is that it's been common in the past for a very sound judgement on something to be twisted and changed to fit a different situation, just so they plentives could win the case. And as most people don't know crap about technology, and worse yet lawyers can manipulate laws, we have something to be concerned about even a little.
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Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too
