Thank you, that elucidates a little. I thought odd the wide claims that the metadata was stored on BitMover's servers and that they might own that IP. Note tha

Thank you, that elucidates a little. I thought odd the wide claims that the metadata was stored on BitMover's servers and that they might own that IP. Note that the CFAA is a criminal law, so it was possible for Andrew to be prosecuted for breaking it, given a report to the police, if he hadn't been given direct permission to access that server in that way, whether or not the server owner minded.