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Re:US court rules masking IP address to access blocked Websi... by anigbrowl on Thursday August 22, 2013 @04:09PM (#6259730)
There is in fact such a thing as felony trespassing. I suggest you consult Google before firing off legal opinions.

You're not faced with losing your ability to vote, no chances to acquire work, hundreds of millions of dollars of debt, decades of jail time, etc.

You know anything involving a jail sentence of over a year is a felony, right? You seem to think felony crimes all carry a life sentence or somesuch.

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Re:US court rules masking IP address to access blocked Websi... by jack-r-abbit on Thursday August 22, 2013 @05:19PM (#6260163)
You know anything involving a jail sentence of over a year is a felony, right?

Actually, I did NOT know that... part of me thought it couldn't be right. But here you go: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3559 Thanks.

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Re:US court rules masking IP address to access blocked Websi... by Karunamon on Thursday August 22, 2013 @11:48PM (#6261598)
>There is in fact such a thing as felony trespassing.

There is in fact no such thing as non-felony computer trespassing. Which was kind of my point, your snark aside.

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