Ban + proxy = CFAA

[malloc]

Changing your IP address or using proxy servers to access public websites you've been forbidden to visit is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a judge ruled Friday in a case involving Craigslist and 3taps.

Changing IP address to access public website ruled violation of US law | Ars Technica

There is some nuance to the case, for example the judge made a point about "level of notice" i.e. if you get a c&d you know damn well you are not welcome.

Slippery slope.

 

[LBorbit]

Seems downright impossible to enforce.

 

[malloc]

Seems downright impossible to enforce.

As in this case it could be used easily against companies selling or using scraped data. It could also be tacked onto other related cases.

 

[2yl From WF]

Jon can use this law to give some heavy anal rape to various people.

 

[bluechinagroup]

Jon can use this new law to give some heavy anal rape to various people.

It's not a new law. It's a judicial interpretation of an existing law that's been on the books for a long time.

 

[2yl From WF]

It's not a new law. It's a judicial interpretation of an existing law that's been on the books for a long time.

I never said anything about new laws, why you editing my quote?