The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws

The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones

Posted by ghosh on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @03:29AM
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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/3-most-outdated-tech-laws

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by mrmekon on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @05:27AM (#6132640)

  > internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was threatened with 35 years in
  > prison under the CFAA for allegedly stealing mass amounts of
  > academic articles

Using the word "stealing" at this point is not only wrong, but destroys the very point he was trying to make...

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by lifeformed on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:04AM (#6133343)

Well, it's prefaced by "allegedly".

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by barylen on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:32AM (#6133176)

What was wrong with the word "stealing" in this context?

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by RyanMcGreal on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:34AM (#6133504)

Copying != stealing. If I steal something from you, you don't have it any more. If I copy something you have, we both have a copy.

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by mathgorges on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @10:04AM (#6133703)

Also, even if one were to accept copying as stealing, it wouldn't work in this context since Aaron Swartz had legitimate access to JSTOR through Harvard.

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by JoshTv on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @04:28AM (#6132487)

I don't think those are absurd laws. It will actually protect people from all negativity on the online world.

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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by chmike on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @05:42AM (#6132670)

By "people" you mean US citizen. Non US citizen are not subject to any legitimate legal protection. We are considered like animals or even less.

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