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European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence 147

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @06:43PM
from the if-only-they-understood-what-hacking-is dept.

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."

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Re:Also prohibits hacking tools. (Score:4, Funny)

by gstoddart (321705) writes: on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @07:54PM (#39503683) Homepage

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?

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Re:Also prohibits hacking tools. (Score:4, Funny)

by martin-boundary (547041) writes: on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @09:03PM (#39504205)

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...

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Re:Queue the misapplications of this law (Score:2, Funny)

by Ksevio (865461) writes: on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @09:58PM (#39504573) Homepage

replace the broken battery who gets charged.
Well it'd be hard to charge if the battery was still broken.

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