European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence

judgecorp writes "A proposed European law would apply a minimum two-year prison sentence for hacking across the region. This is a step up for nations including Britain, whose Computer Misuse Act currently has a two-year maximum sentence."

Re:Also prohibits hacking tools.

[gstoddart]

At least in the U.S. we have a 10th amendment and a Supreme Court which forbids congress from exercising powers never granted to it

There's amendments with lower numbers they ignore all the time.

Why should the 10th be any different?

Re:Also prohibits hacking tools.

[martin-boundary]

I used wireshark to fix a bug today. Apparently I would be a criminal in the UK, with a minimum sentence of 2 years.

This is fucked.

No, no! That's good news! In Texas, you'd get the death penalty...

Re:Queue the misapplications of this law

[Ksevio]

replace the broken battery who gets charged.

Well it'd be hard to charge if the battery was still broken.