The Drew Verdict Makes Us All Hackers

The Drew Verdict Makes Us All Hackers
Mark Rasch, 2009-01-09

Last month, Lori Drew — the middle-aged Missouri mother who participated in a plan to deceive a 13-year-old girl that ultimately led to the girl's suicide — was convicted by a Los Angeles federal jury of several misdemeanor counts of unauthorized access to MySpace's computers.

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The terms of use lady... 2009-01-11
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Well what about contract law

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Re: Legal pieces - Other Countries 2009-01-13
Mark D. Rasch (1 replies)

The principle of "exceeding authorized access" exists in the UK Compuer Misuse Act, as well as the Austrailian equivalent, and is part of the EU Cybercrime treaty. Thus, this precedent could potentially be applied under a trespass theory in most countries that have adopted "uniform" computer crime statutes.

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