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How would the Aaron Schwartz case been affected if this decision had been made before?
by CA0DA 5y ago
How would the Aaron Schwartz case been affected if this decision had been made before?
- romwell 5y agoI am not a lawyer, but it really looks like Schwartz would not have been convicted on CFAA charges. However, he was also charged with wire fraud. The gov't was throwing the book at him. If it wasn't one law, it would've been another, and if it didn't apply, they'd still convict (and he'd have to spend years appealing the decision). Sadly, I don't think it would have saved Aaron Schwartz.
- emiraga 5y agoAlso not a lawyer, but wire fraud was because of circumventing IP address restrictions. Which is hard to claim that such act is defrauding anyone of money or property.