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The eBay terms of use are not law. Breaking those kinds of agreements is a civil matter. The lawsuit is alleging serious criminal things, like fraud, in additio
by twblalock 8y ago
The eBay terms of use are not law. Breaking those kinds of agreements is a civil matter. The lawsuit is alleging serious criminal things, like fraud, in addition to breaking the terms of use.
- jdmichal 8y agoFraudulently creating accounts for the purposes of performing activities known to be against the ToS prior to even creating the account. "The Amazon employees acknowledged they were breaking eBay’s rules and actively tried to avoid detection, the lawsuit says."
- twblalock 8y agoYeah, but is that actually criminal fraud according to the law?
- jdmichal 8y agoAs debacle notes [0], the CFAA is a hell of a drug. [1] I could certainly see a case that this is "exceeding authorized access", with "authorized access" being defined by the rules established by the ToS when the account granting access was established. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18250970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18250970 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#Criminal_offenses_under_the_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#C...
- stevespang 8y agoBreaking those rules are absolutely breach of contract, and that alone can cost Amazon $$$ millions in a court case, of course Bezos has plenty to waste on lawyers.