DOJ: Violating a Site's ToS Is a Crime 536
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."
Woo hoo! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:5, Funny)
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? ;-)
Re:Woo hoo! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Enough (Score:5, Funny)
Surely the next guy will be different!
New ToS clause (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:0, Funny)
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!
Re:TOS, EULA (Score:5, Funny)
I'm confused. Do I have to keep sacrificing goats or not?
Gaming TOS/EULA (Score:3, Funny)
Re:TOS, EULA (Score:4, Funny)
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.
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:0, Funny)
Tire sealant.
That was pretty specific. Is this a reference I am not understanding?
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:3, Funny)
Tire sealant.
That was pretty specific. Is this a reference I am not understanding?
Have you ever done tire sealant? No? That's why.
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:5, Funny)
On the upside, if he did get elected president it would be a huge boon for small torture business owners.
Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" (Score:5, Funny)