{"id":1861,"date":"2008-11-21T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2008-11-21T21:26:01","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T01:26:01","slug":"lori-drew-case-on-track-to-make-bad-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/21\/lori-drew-case-on-track-to-make-bad-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Drew Case: On Track to Make Bad Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am shocked the Lori Drew case actually went to trial – opening statements took place yesterday<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I wrote about this case back in August<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Lori Drew case is a case full of disgusting facts – appalling adult behavior (on all sides) contributed to circumstances that drove a young girl to suicide.\u00c2\u00a0 One of those adults is now being prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for violating the MySpace.com terms of use agreement<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right, Federal prosecutors are trying to treat not complying with those ridiculous click-through agreements on nearly every web site you use as a crime<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankfully not everyone is losing their mind over this (horrible) situation, and the EFF, Public Citizen, and others have stepped in with an amicus brief<\/a> demonstrating just what a bad idea this is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I haven’t followed things closely, but given what a stretch it is to apply the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to these facts, I assumed it was going to settle.\u00c2\u00a0 Because truly, who would expect we were about to move into a world that made it a Federal crime to fill out a website user registration form with anything other than your true and personal information.\u00c2\u00a0 And yet we’ll take a big step toward that being the case if Lori Drew is convicted.\u00c2\u00a0 And with the facts being presented to the jury, I think that’s a very real possibility.<\/p>\n

More background on the case itself here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am shocked the Lori Drew case actually went to trial – opening statements took place yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 I wrote about this case back in August: The Lori Drew case is a case full of disgusting facts – appalling adult behavior (on all sides) contributed to circumstances that drove a young girl to suicide.\u00c2\u00a0 One of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-distribution","category-law","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t