The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones

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by ghosh • 13 years ago

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JoshTv• 13 years ago

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

chmike• 13 years ago

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.

mrmekon• 13 years ago

  > 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...

barylen• 13 years ago

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

RyanMcGreal• 13 years ago

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.

lifeformed• 13 years ago

Well, it's prefaced by "allegedly".

The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones

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