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by Vivtek 4574 days ago
You mean that Prezi, a Hungarian company, would prosecute the author, an Australian, under an American law?

The Internet isn't just something happening in the United States.

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It's a fair point, but a lot of other countries have similarly strict laws.
Hungary doesn't. I live here.
Really? According to this monograph even logging into a non-password-protected wifi network which doesn't belong to you has been treated as a case of theft in Hungary:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZjBvpN0zZNkC&lpg=PA33&ots=Uq...

Not exactly the same situation, but it suggests that the law is fairly strict.

Oh, someone should tell the NSA that.