The fact that it does (or, at least, has been interpreted to) criminalize TOS violations is one of the must important flaws in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Aaron Swartz was a weird one. Some zealous IT guy exaggerated it as if national security data were being scraped when in fact most were just shoddy research papers written at 1 AM before the due date.
All people that landed a hand in this man's death should be charged with manslaughter.
Truly a shame and how draconian laws end up killing the innocent in the United States.
The fact that it does (or, at least, has been interpreted to) criminalize TOS violations is one of the must important flaws in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/rebooting-computer-cri...