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by angry_octet 2428 days ago
That is not the case, at least in most occidental jurisdictions. See for example the recent linkedin case: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/10/20859399/linkedin-hiq-dat...

And the CFAA is a peculiarly poor bit of legislation, even by US standards, nothing like it applies in the EU.

There is no basis to say these actions, or using a different DNS, is criminal. At worst a contract dispute.