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She Deserves Worse

Sunday, November 8, 2009

I’ve almost finished 40-odd case briefs about United States v. Drew, the criminal prosecution of the Missouri mother whose pseudonymous MySpace harassment of 13-year old Megan Meier led to Meier’s suicide.  Last November a jury convicted Drew of three misdemeanor violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but in July the trial judge dismissed [...]

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The Residue of Design

Monday, August 31, 2009

“Luck is the residue of design” said Branch Rickey.  Last Friday I wrote a chapter on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for my Internet law casebook.  The chapter’s first two cases deal respectively with successful CFAA prosecutions for the Morris Worm and hacking.   Following these I want to present the problematic recent CFAA prosecution [...]

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Clickwrap Crimes

Monday, December 1, 2008

This reaction piece delves briefly into one of the issues raised by Lori Drew’s conviction (see post below):  “Is lying about one’s identity on the Internet now a crime?”  Common sense says no but that’s what lawyers mean by “bad facts make bad law.” Be careful what you agree to when you click “I agree.” [...]

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Bad Facts Make Bad Law

Monday, December 1, 2008

A Los Angeles jury convicted Lori Drew of three misdemeanors for her role in the events leading up to the death of Megan Meier. .  It did not convict her of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict emotional distress, a felony, or of conspiracy. Drew could receive up to one year in prison and [...]

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