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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by ceejayoz on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:05PM (#22964229)
> Neither of your two examples have anything to do with the CFAA.

They demonstrate that legal ownership is not the same as the legal right to do whatever you want with what you own.

> AWS provides compute services, they do not rent computers. They make this clear in their terms.

Good luck hoodwinking a judge with that argument.

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by kube-system on Friday April 24, 2020 @09:34AM (#22967762)
Okay, you think you rent AWS servers?

Which one do you rent?

Where is your rental agreement?

When did you first take possession?

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