ArsTechnica: Rather Than Fix The CFAA, House Judiciary Committee Planning To Make It Worse

ArsTechnica: Rather Than Fix The CFAA, House Judiciary Committee Planning To Make It Worse

According to ArsTechnica, a draft revision to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which is being circulated by the House Judiciary Committee, expands the punishments available under the CFAA and, on balance, expands the definition of “exceeding authorized access” – the troublesome clause that should be eliminated in its entirety or dramatically circumscribed as so many legal scholars and practitioners have argued.

The draft bill being circulated is available at the link.

03/25/2013: 
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“Innovation or Exploitation? The Limits of Computer Trespass Law” A presentation by Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS) on February 19, 2013, featuring Ed Felten (Princeton), Jennifer Granick (Stanford), Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive), Jonathan Mayer (Stanford), Alex Stamos (Artemis Internet), and Dan Auerbach (EFF): 1 hour and 51 minutes.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
03/14/2013: 
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Your computer is hacked. Can you legally counter-hack the hackers?

A vigorous debate on the answer (and deep disagreement) in a series of posts at The Volokh Conspiracy. Short answer: likely not under present (somewhat uncertain) United States law (including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act).

1st post in the series (Stewart Baker) here.
2nd post (Stewart Baker).
3rd post (Orin Kerr).
4th post (Stewart Baker).
5th post (Orin Kerr).
6th post (Stewart Baker).
7th post (Orin Kerr).

10/18/2012: 
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