Just now a user, Lori Drew, was charged with a felony for the heinous crime of pretending to be someone else on the Internet. Using the personal considering cap machine* Fraud and Abuse Act, Lori was charged for signing up for MySpace using a fake name. "The access to MySpace was unauthorized because using a fake name violated the terms of service. The tip from a "protected computer" was the profiles of other MySpace users. If this is found to be a valid dissection of the law, it's really quite frightening. If you violate the Terms of Service of a website, you can be charged with hacking. That's an astounding concept. Does this mean that everyone who uses Bugmenot could be prosecuted? Also, this isn't a minor crime, it's a felony punishable by up to 5 years illegal detention per count. In Drew's case she was charged with three counts for accessing MySpace on three strange occasions."

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