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byDamnOregonian ( 963763 ) writes:
And to this day, that ridiculously dumb and benign kid shit he did will still get you half a fucking century in prison.
I'd love to know the names of the people who kept the 2 attempts at passing Aaron's Law from getting out of committee.
byAntique Geekmeister ( 740220 ) writes:
He was _charged_ with crimes with a maximum penalty of more than 100 years because he did the same penny ante crimes so very many times. This was the third time Aaron had abused free or generous access to documents and taken down the service for others in the process, and he'd evaded jail time twice. This was at least his third such abuse, and larger in scope than his previous abuses. He'd certainly earned jail time, though with his wealth and Harvard and MIT's unwillingness to see Harvard staff prosecuted
byDamnOregonian ( 963763 ) writes:
Breaking a TOS does not warrant jailtime. There is no other case in US law where breaking a contract makes you a fucking felon.
All 11 CFAA charges stemmed from a single ongoing event that they allowed to continue happening.
If you have to rely on sidechannels in the justice system to keep people who commit benign tort from losing their civil fucking rights, then your just system is fucking broken.
It might sound good to say he "evaded jail time", but in the context of an argument that jail time should ne
byquonset ( 4839537 ) writes:
There is no other case in US law where breaking a contract makes you a fucking felon.
Sure there is. If you enter into a contract with the intent to deceive or defraud, that is a felony. Happens plenty in the construction industry. Here is just one example [abc7news.com].
byDamnOregonian ( 963763 ) writes:
Sure there is.
No, there isn't.
If you enter into a contract with the intent to deceive or defraud
You are not in trouble for violating the contract- you are in trouble for fraud.
That applies to any fraud. What is being discussed is not fraud, which is why they needed a new law for it.
This is a critical and rather elementary legal distinction. Re-evaluate your position.
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