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Look up the names Schwartz and Aurenheimer. They either ignored the click through EULA or deliberately broke it. Charged with CFAA felonies over it. One got pri
by ccrush 9y ago
Look up the names Schwartz and Aurenheimer. They either ignored the click through EULA or deliberately broke it. Charged with CFAA felonies over it. One got prison for many years. The other killed himself to avoid it as well as to protest the insanity of having criminal charges brought against them because they broke the EULA terms on a web site. Both used scripts to cycle through ID numbers in a web page. This is what happens when you don't read. The system is fucked. Better make sure you aren't violating the TOS on any of the web sites you visit.
- skookumchuck 9y agoAurenheimer knew what he was doing was legally wrong: https://www.wired.com/2012/11/att-hacker-found-guilty/ https://www.wired.com/2012/11/att-hacker-found-guilty/ although the charges were grossly excessive. Schwartz knew he was doing something legally wrong, because he hid in a closet to do it. (The charges against him were also grossly excessive.) I don't think these cases support your notion that EULAs were the issue. Nor do I think these extreme cases are cause for EULA concern for someone using software as it was obviously and reasonably intended to be used. Disclaimer: IANAL, and if you want real legal advice, go ask a real lawyer. Taking legal advice from the internet is foolish.