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Re:Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hackin... by nitrogen on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @03:31PM (#4545133)
...you have to benefit (or materially harm someone).

Are benefit and harm legally defined terms in this instance, or can a clever prosecutor convince a jury of the criminal equivalent of the idea that making a phone with rounded rectangles is worth $1B?

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Re:Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hackin... by tptacek on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @03:35PM (#4545150)
Yes, they are defined.

Moreover, no part of the indictment relies on silly things like the billion dollar valuation of rounded rectangles.

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