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But: (1) JSTOR isn't a storage facility in that sense; the copyright holders do not pay JSTOR to store their items, so this is a bad analogy. (2) If the outrag
by Vivtek 15y ago
But: (1) JSTOR isn't a storage facility in that sense; the copyright holders do not pay JSTOR to store their items, so this is a bad analogy.
(2) If the outrage is supposed to be about bypassing security systems, why is the government hung up on the "theft" terminology? Especially when JSTOR, the party arguably injured (in some way not specified), has asked the government not to prosecute?
No, this is clearly a convenient way to get a politically inconvenient person labeled a felon.
- anigbrowl 15y ago1. The analogy is only to point out that a 3rd party repository can be negatively affected by a break-in event if it doesn't have an ownership interest in the materials it stores. 2. The government is not hung up on the 'theft' terminology. The words 'steal' or 'stole' only appear three times in the 15 page indictment and the actual offenses he is charged with are wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer.