“This isn’t law as we know it, it’s Felony Contempt of Business Model, and the most alarming thing was that this interpretation of the CFAA wasn’t completely ridiculous, given how badly drafted that law is.”
Aaron Swartz faced 13 felonies for using a script instead of clicking links. The Supreme Court’s Van Buren ruling now says misusing access you already have is not hacking. That came eight years too late for him. The prosecutors who stretched the law never paid a price for it.