[beagle3]

> If a Facebook account can be considered a technological barrier protecting intellectual property, they could sue under DMCA anti-circumvention provisions.

It would also likely make screen readers, screenshots, and many other things illegal. I don't think it can be considered a "technological barrier", but who knows what courts will decide.

That said, I'd be surprised if that's the angle Facebook is taking - because they did (and still do) the same thing with their phone apps collecting ("scraping") address book records and uploading them to facebook servers -- and that would be an estopple-able admission of guilt if they do (even if the courts decide against them in THIS particular case).

I'll wait till more details come out.