that's what NPR said too. But not one of the tech shows, though,and I am confused about why he would have done this if the guest network was open as Lessig said. A lot depends on the details here and I'm not convinced the reporters have them straight. Because you know, I've used JSTOR and you're allowed to download articles. So if the issue was the number -- admittedly huge -- at what point do you qualify for 45 years in jail? A thousand? Ten?
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm still trying to figure out how it was unauthorized use. JSTOR has a > > site license and MIT apparently has an open guest network. I grant you > that > > the scale was huge, but if JSTOR wasn't pressing charges and in any event > > he never distributed anything anyway... > > > The only thing I've heard that's pretty black and white wrong is that he > circumvented MIT's network security (who'd already tried to stop him) by > plugging his laptop directly into a network closet and hiding his laptop in > the closet. They found it and that's how they caught him. > > The content itself should have been open, but how he got it was a little > less legitimate. Still though, the punishment doesn't clearly fit the > crime. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
