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It's also worth noting that he literally wrote the book on the law of computer crime [1], and served as a pro bono (free) defense attorney _against_ the DOJ in

It's also worth noting that he literally wrote the book on the law of computer crime [1], and served as a pro bono (free) defense attorney _against_ the DOJ in the Lori Drew MySpace case [2], and he was extensively critical of the government in that case [3], and he has testified before Congress to say that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is too broad.[4] He worked for the DOJ from 1998-2001. If he harbors sympathies for the government, they're pretty well hidden at this point. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Crime-Law-American-Casebook/dp/0314204547 http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Crime-Law-American-Casebook/d... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Lori_Drew http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Lori_Drew [3] http://www.volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_05_11-2008_05_17.shtml#1210889188 http://www.volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_05_11-2008_05_17... [4] http://www.volokh.com/2011/11/14/my-congressional-testimony-on-the-need-to-narrow-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/ http://www.volokh.com/2011/11/14/my-congressional-testimony-...

danielweber 14y ago
Some of the best defense attorneys are former prosecutors.
DannyBee 14y ago
Orin doesn't harbor sympathies for anyone. He has his own viewpoints, some of which match up with the government, and some of which don't. I took classes on computer crime from him when I was in law school :) At this point, he seems more interested in the development of 4th amendment jurisprudence as it relates to technology that he does the CFAA in particular. At least on that front, he's been wildly wrong about future development of the 4th amendment so far. He was a strong opposer of the "mosaic theory" of the 4th amendment, and thought there was a 0% chance the supreme court would go for it, and he was completely and utterly wrong. So take what he says with a grain of salt. He's a brilliant commentator on the CFAA, but a lot of what he says seems to be based on an idea that courts don't really change law to suit justice or policy given sets of facts, which at least, IMHO, is completely false.

danielweber 14y ago

Some of the best defense attorneys are former prosecutors.

DannyBee 14y ago

Orin doesn't harbor sympathies for anyone. He has his own viewpoints, some of which match up with the government, and some of which don't. I took classes on computer crime from him when I was in law school :) At this point, he seems more interested in the development of 4th amendment jurisprudence as it relates to technology that he does the CFAA in particular. At least on that front, he's been wildly wrong about future development of the 4th amendment so far. He was a strong opposer of the "mosaic theory" of the 4th amendment, and thought there was a 0% chance the supreme court would go for it, and he was completely and utterly wrong. So take what he says with a grain of salt. He's a brilliant commentator on the CFAA, but a lot of what he says seems to be based on an idea that courts don't really change law to suit justice or policy given sets of facts, which at least, IMHO, is completely false.