Wednesday, November 16, 2011

US Justice Dept Wants To Criminalize Uploading You Tube Videos

'The Department of Justice is attempting to criminalize uploading videos that break You Tube’s terms of service, along with any other online action that is deemed to contravene a website’s usage policy, in a shocking expansion of cybersecurity laws deemed draconian by critics.

“In a statement obtained by CNET that’s scheduled to be delivered tomorrow, the Justice Department argues that it must be able to prosecute violations of Web sites’ often-ignored, always-unintelligible “terms of service” policies,” writes Declan McCullagh.

Such violations would include creating a fake Facebook profile, lying about your weight on dating websites, or providing any other item of false information that violates a website’s TOS agreement.'

NOTE: This is for UPLOADING info, not downloading, although they already have their knickers in a knot about that too. Is there anyone on the planet who doesn't know that Fake Book is connected to the "good guys"

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