Hey liberationtech -- I left the petition link out of this email. It is: http://slashpolicy.com/petition/curiosity-is-not-a-crime/
Sincerely, Christian On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > From: Christian Sandvig <csand...@umich.edu> > > Update: A community of devs interested in public policy started an petition > in support of our court case. This is a case filed on behalf of AoIR > researchers and against the CFAA/US Government. > > It is very sweet of them to make this petition. If you agree, you may want > to sign it. > > Context below. > > Best, > Christian > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Christian Sandvig < > christian.sand...@umich.edu> wrote: > > > > > Dear AIR colleagues, > > > > On Wednesday I joined other Internet researchers and filed a lawsuit > > against the US Government to protect the legal right to conduct online > > research. The case was just called "key to the future of social science." > > I thought this issue might be of interest to some of you. If so, please > > feel free to read and share the details below. Note that I filed this > > lawsuit as a private citizen and it does not involve my university. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > Christian > > > > -- > > http://www.niftyc.org > > > > > > > > Why I am Suing the Government > > (or: I write scripts, bots, and scrapers that collect online data) > > https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/07/01/why-i-am-suing- > the-government/ > > > > Most of What You Do Online Is Illegal. Let's End the Absurdity. > > by Christian Sandvig and Karrie Karahalios > > *The Guardian *(Op-Ed) > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/ > cfaa-online-law-illegal-discrimination > > > > Legal Complaint: Sandvig v. Lynch > > https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/sandvig-v-lynch-complaint > > > > Researchers Sue The Government Over Computer Hacking Law > > > > https://www.wired.com/2016/06/researchers-sue-government- > computer-hacking-law/ > > > > When Should Hacking Be Legal? A Group of Academics and Journalists Say a > > Federal Computer-Fraud Law Criminalizes Their Work > > > > http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/ > when-should-hacking-be-legal/489785/ >
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