Bootsy Collins writes "Last Wednesday, the Lori Drew "cyberbullying" case ended in three misdemeanor convictions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a 1986 U.S. Federal law intended to address illegally accessing computer systems. The interpretation of the act by the Court to cover violations of website terms of service, a circumstance obviously not considered in the year of the law's formulation and passage, may have profound effects on intersection of the Internet and U.S. law. Referring to an amicus curiae brief filed by online rights organizations and law professors, PJ at Groklaw breaks down the implications of the decision to support her assertion that ". ..unless this case is overturned, it is time to get off the Internet completely, because it will have become too risky to use a computer.""
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