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by tedunangst 3998 days ago
> You wanna sue a business for scraping your site? Hey, fine, that's a civil business issue. ... Trying to use a law with criminal/felony penalties is grossly out-of-line.

And the CFAA also happens to be the law that makes it a civil business issue, thanks to the 1030(g) section that was amended in 1996. Wikipedia has elected to make no mention of this section, but other sources do.

http://www.balch.com/files/Publication/01d78bb1-08f4-4a25-8c...

"Section 1030(g) expressly provides the civil remedy (and thus federal court subject matter jurisdiction) for violation of the CFAA"

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Oh. So what's TechDirt getting worked up over then?
As tptacek put it, rageviews.