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Is password-lending a cybercrime?
Mark Rasch, 2004-03-01

A judge's wrongheaded interpretation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act illustrates the problems of allowing civil enforcement of a criminal law.

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Is password-lending a cybercrime? 2004-03-01
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Relevant law review articles-- links provided 2004-03-09
Anonymous
Two law review articles that make these same points can be found here:

On the interptretion of "access" and "authorization":
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=399740

On how civil cases distort criminal laws:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=374282

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