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by declan 4810 days ago
Except that Aaron Swartz was not charged with unauthorized access "solely" because of his violation of a TOU or EULA.

Mind you, I'm not saying the previous poster's claim is the best argument against CISPA, but that your claim of "directly contradicted" is false.

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No, I was responding to the "unauthorized access" point in the parent comment. Since you can't be charged with a crime under CISPA at all, I'm not sure how your comment isn't a non sequitur.
You can be charged with a crime under existing law, and CISPA can be used to collect evidence for that charge.